141 years ago today what did America buy for $7 million dollars? ?

Question: 141 years ago today what did America buy for $7 million dollars!? !?
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Alaska from Russia!.!.!.!. William Seward negotiated the purchase!.!.!. everyone made fun of him for the "rediculous purchase" and called it "Seward's Folley" and "Seward's Ice Box"!. Seward died before he could find out that Alaska had oil and would make the country millions of dollars!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

The state of alaska in which america bought from Russia for 1!.9 cents per acre!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Alaska!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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