<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska" id="mwfw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alaska">Alaska</a> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase" id="mwgA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alaska Purchase">purchased</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire" id="mwgQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Russian Empire">Russia</a> for $7.2 million, about two cents/acre ($4.19/km<sup id="mwgg">2</sup>), by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" id="mwgw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Seward" id="mwhA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William H. Seward">William H. Seward</a>.