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Object Description
| Collection Name | Alaska State Library. Documents. ASL. |
| Title | Treaty with Russia. |
| Description | Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russians to the United States of America; Concluded March 30, 1867. |
| Subject.LCSH | Alaska--Annexation to the United States. |
| Personal Name |
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 Stoeckl, Edouard |
| Region | Outside Alaska |
| Time Period |
1741 to 1867 1867 to 1896 |
| Date.original | 1867 |
| Type | Text |
| Language |
English French |
| Ordering & Use | http://library.state.ak.us/vilda_rights.html |
| Holding Institution | Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571 |
| Rating |
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| Identifier | treaty_with_russia_pg539 |
| Title | Treaty with Russia, page 539. |
| Description | Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias to the United States of America. Page 1 of 6. |
| Personal Name |
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875 Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 De Stoeckl, Edouard |
| Location | Washington (D.C.) |
| Region | Outside Alaska |
| Time Period |
1741 to 1867 1867 to 1896 |
| Date.original | 1867 |
| Type | Text |
| Ordering & Use | http://library.state.ak.us/vilda_rights.html |
| Holding Institution | Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571 |
| Transcript |
TREATY WITH RUSSIA. MARCH 30, 1867. 539 Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias to the United States of America; Concluded March 30, 1867; Ratified by the United States May 28, 1867; Exchanged June 20, 1867; Proclaimed by the United States June 20, 1967. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A PROCLAMATION. [In margin] Preamble WHEREAS a treaty between the United States of America and his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries at the city of Washington, on the thir- tieth day of March, last, which treaty, being in the English and French languages, is, word for word, as follows: [In margin] Contracting powers. The United States of America and His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, being desirous of strengthening, if possible, the good understanding which exists between them, have, for that purpose, appoint- ed as their Plenipotentiaries : the President of the United States, William H. Seward, Secretary of State; and His Majesty the Empe- ror of all the Russias, the Privy Councillor Edward de Stoeokl, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States. And the said Plenipotentiaries, having exchanged their full powers, which were found to be in due form, have agreed upon and signed the following articles: ARTICLE I. [In margin] Cession of ter ritory by Russia to the United States His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias agrees to cede to the United States, by this convention, immediately upon the exchange of the ratification; thereof, all the terri- tory and dominion now possessed by his paid Majesty on the continent of America and in the adjacent islands, the same being contained within the geographical limits herein set forth, to wit: The eastern limit is the line [In margin] Boundries. |
