Excerpt from The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: Seattle, June 1 October 16, 1909 To most of these additions to our national domain there has been violent opposition. This was particularly so as regards Louis iana and Alaska. The lesson learned in connection with the former transaction, of the tremendous advantages gained by the purchase, seems to have had little effect upon us whenever any fresh annexation has been suggested. The purchase of Russian America, as Alaska was known when we took it over, was most strongly opposed, and by many the $7 zoo, 000 we paid for it was looked upon as so much gold worse than thrown away. William H. Seward, the Secretary of State, who negotiated the purchase, which, by the way, was no new project. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.