A brief history of how Alaska became part of the United States: Russia sold it in 1867 for $7.2 million, a deal considered to ...

Portland Daily Oregonian, April 2, 1867 "The purchase by our Government of the Russian North American Possessions is the most valuable acquisition of territory obtained by the United States since ...

What was the contribution of Anna Schwartz to the landmark book she co-authored with Milton Friedman, A Monetary History of the United States, 1867–1960? A close examination of archival evidence ...