Word: stoeckl
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Secretary of State William Henry Seward-was somewhat inappropriately commemorated in Washington, D. C. Payment of the $7,200,000 was made by a check on the Treasury signed by Treasurer of the U. S. Francis Elias Spinner, drawn to the order of Russian Minister Edward de Stoeckl and dated Aug. 1, 1868. When Alaska's voteless Delegate to Congress, Anthony Dimond, last week asked permission to transfer the check to Juneau for permanent display in that capital's Historical Library and Museum, General Accounting Office authorities were forced shamefacedly to announce that the historic draft -long since...