Well, the purchase was actually also known as Seward's Folly. (It was negotiated by William H. Seward, the US Secretary of State, and was not initially a very popular acquisition.) 
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Well, the purchase was actually also known as Seward's Folly. (It was negotiated by William H. Seward, the US Secretary of State, and was not initially a very popular acquisition.)