Seward's Day

Seward's Day

Why does he William Seward have a day?

He has a day because the Purchase of Alaska from Russia

What did he do?

He bought Alaska from russia.

Who was Seward?

William Seward was a guy who lived in New york. He ran for senate twice. He bought Alaska for $7,200,000. He married Frances Miller. He died on October 10 1872. People thought the purchase of Alaska was worthless. They didn't know That it had a lot of gold and oil.

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