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<em>Russia</em>
HERES HOW:
<em>On March 30, 1867, the United States reached an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for a price of $7.2 million. The Treaty with Russia was negotiated and signed by Secretary of State William Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl.</em>
<em>I DIDN'T WRIGHT THIS SO THIS IS NOT MINE BUT READ THIS IT SHOULD HELP :)</em>
That is because the Spaniards controlled the seas.
<span>Carter’s failure to get the hostages back ruined his re-election chance in 1980.</span>
Your answer is John Jay. This treaty had then been named Jay's treaty
