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Seward Monument Planned for Alaska Exposition
Seattle reads of a proposed Seward memorial to honor the 1867 Alaska purchase. The monument, built with Alaskan granite and a bronze copper statue, is aimed for completion by the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition, with funds and planning led by Seattle civic leaders and university officials.
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Seattle
William H Seward
United States
Congress
Alaska
Northwest
Northland
Pacific Ocean
States of the Union
Russia
Seward
Union
Great Britain
England
Bering Strait
Uncle Sam
Benjamin F. Butler
Massachusetts
Washburn
Wisconsin
Butler
Charles Sumner
Nathaniel P. Banks
Senate
House of Representatives
G. Beninghausen
John H. McGraw
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas Burke
Edmund 8. Meany
University of Washington
James D. Hoge, I Jr
R. F. Brooks
Boston
John C. Olmsted