This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Alaska Purchase Story and a Child's Moral Tale
A brisk recap of the 1867 Alaska sale to the United States at seven and a half million plus a Russian fur company share, with Seward negotiating late into the night. Interleaved are moral sketches about a young girl Letty who relents after a misdeed, plus brief vignettes on changing times, a West Point graduate, and notes on geology find.
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Uncle Sam
Alaska
Russia
America
St. Petersburg
Washington
Mr. Seward
Minister Stoeckl
Mr. Stoeck
Senate
United States
Marie
Aunt Clara
Ned
Clara
Whirlwind
Marle
Letty
Clara Letitia
Virginia Morten
Epworth Herald
Betsey
Harold Howard Augustus
Matthew
Root Hollow