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Huh; well, it's not mentioned in the article, but "Seward's Success" is a play on the original purchase of Alaska. When it was first purchased from Russia, the
by archgoon 6y ago
Huh; well, it's not mentioned in the article, but "Seward's Success" is a play on the original purchase of Alaska. When it was first purchased from Russia, the US Secretary of State, William Seward, was ridiculed by opponents of the purchase; nicknaming the purchase "Seward's Folly".
Random historical context.
- zeristor 6y agoOP here, its a shame that I missed this posts moment in the sun. The Wikipedia article, which I also posted to HN, but missed the limelight discusses why it was called Seward's Success: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seward%27s_Success,_Alaska https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seward%27s_Success,_Alaska