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From the American Heritage Dictionary definition for Seward:
"Seward, William Henry 1801-1872. American politician who as U.S. secretary of state (1861-1869) arranged the purchase of Alaska from Russia (1867), a transaction long known as "Seward's Folly.”"
September 1, 2011