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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:historical_event
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gptkbp:alternativeName
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gptkb:Seward's_Folly
gptkb:Seward's_Icebox
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gptkbp:areaAcquired
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586,412 square miles
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gptkbp:countryAcquiredBy
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:countryAcquiredFrom
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gptkb:Russian_Empire
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gptkbp:currency
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gptkb:US_dollars
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gptkbp:date
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1867
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gptkbp:dateOfFormalTransfer
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October 18, 1867
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Department_of_Alaska
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Alaska Purchase, 1867
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gptkbp:locationOfTransferCeremony
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gptkb:Sitka,_Alaska
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gptkbp:negotiatorForRussia
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gptkb:Eduard_de_Stoeckl
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gptkbp:negotiatorForUS
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gptkb:William_H._Seward
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Russian_America
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gptkbp:president
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gptkb:Andrew_Johnson
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gptkbp:priceRange
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$7,200,000
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gptkbp:publicReactionInUS
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controversial
widely criticized
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gptkbp:reasonForSale
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difficulty defending Alaska
financial difficulties of Russia
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gptkbp:regionAcquired
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gptkb:Alaska
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gptkbp:RussianTsarAtTime
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gptkb:Alexander_II
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gptkbp:significance
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expanded US territory
access to natural resources
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gptkbp:treaty
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March 30, 1867
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gptkbp:treatyRatifiedDate
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October 18, 1867
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:William_H._Seward
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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