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HarpWeek Commentary: On March 30, 1867, the Treaty to buy Alaska from
Russia for $7 million was signed. Thomas Nast showed Secretary of State William H. Seward,
who was responsible for negotiating the treaty, rubbing some Russian salve on President
Johnsons sore spot on his head as Johnson looks in the mirror and sees himself as
"King Andy." Johnson is shown as upset and off-balance, primarily from the
passage of the Military Reconstruction Act and a new law allowing Negroes to vote in
Georgetown. At the time, the purchase of Alaska was considered to be "Sewards
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"THE
BIG THING."
April 20, 1867, page 256 (cartoon)
Articles Related to Military Reconstruction:
News Items
January 19, 1867, page 35
Impeachment
January 26, 1867, page 50
Congress and
Impeachment
February 16, 1867, page 98
The Probability of
Impeachment
February 23, 1867, page 114
The Louisiana Bill
March 2, 1867, page 130
Reconstruction
March 9, 1867, page 146
The Thirty-Ninth
Congress
March 9, 1867, page 146
The Veto of the Reconstruction Bill
March 16, 1867, page 162
The Fortieth Congress
March 30, 1867, page 195
The Fortieth Congress
April 6, 1867, page 211
Sprats and Vetoes
April 6, 1867, page 210
Adjournment of Congress
April 13, 1867, page 226
Prometheus Bound
March 2, 1867, page 137
The Result
March 30, 1867, page 194
The Southern Commanders
April 6, 1867, page 218
The Debate upon Impeachment
March 23, 1867, page 178
We Accept the Situation (cartoon)
April 13, 1867, page 240
The Big Thing (cartoon)
April 20, 1867, page 256
The End of Impeachment
June 22, 1867, page 386
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