Some points from @johnddavidson on the history of the Alaska purchase, but Alaska had been a Seward hobbyhorse for years, sale had been discussed during the Civil War in negotiations over the Overland Telegraph line. Didn't come from nowhere in 1867.https://twitter.com/johnddavidson/status/1224697512235339776 …
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My point is that by 1867 Seward didn't have the clout to make the deal, and by all accounts it only happened when it did because Stoeckl greased the skids.
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Which was also largely how the railroad bills passed. And the telegraph project involved paying off Stoeckl with Western Union stock.
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Both the U.S. and Russia had an interest in preventing the pending Dominion of Canada from having a claim on Alaska
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