"Seward's ice box"
Despite the bargain price of roughly two cents 
an... [DOC] [TLE] Alaska Purchase - Wikipedia [PAR] The Alaska Purchase was the United States' acquisition of Alaska from the 
Russian Empire on March 30, 1867 by a treaty ratified by the United States 
Senate,... [DOC] [TLE] About William Henry Seward [PAR] At the time this purchase was thought to be a waste of money and was given the 
nickname of Seward's Folly or Seward's ice box.