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Return to: Alaska Transfer Ceremony - October 18, 1867, was one of the most significant days in Alaska history, the day when the United States officially took possession of its northernmost territory.
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An 1867 U.S. Coast Survey Office map indicates the territory ceded to the United States by Russia. Alaska State Library, Alaska Purchase Centennial Collection. |
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