A political cartoon lampooning this action features one of its proponents, dressed as an elderly woman, putting salve on the head of a petulant child, saying "It may soothe him a little."
A political cartoon lampooning this action features one of its proponents, dressed as an elderly woman, putting salve on the head of a petulant child, saying "It may soothe him a little." A first-hand account of this event was written by a blacksmith known as "Ahllund," and describes the voyage of a ship called the Winged Arrow. The leader of the Chivalry Democrats,William Gwin, was one of the first to campaign for this cause. William Dall was accompanied by the artist Frederick Whymper on an expedition whose findings convinced Charles Sumner to support this cause. The negotiations were formally led by Baron Eduard de Stoeckl during this event, which was completed at Castle Hill, where one side's flag apocryphally ripped during a ceremony at the city of Sitka. Most critics of this action were later mollified by the discovery of gold in the Klondike Strike. For 10 points, name this transfer of territory from Russia to the United States, which was derided as "Seward's Folly."
A political cartoon lampooning this action features one of its proponents, dressed as an elderly woman, putting salve on the head of a petulant child, saying "It may soothe him a little."
the Purchase of Alaska [or equivalents]