Title taken from image. Photograph of a student's slate tablet with a handwriting sample and sketches. This photograph may have been made at the request of school administrators for publication, to show the progress that missionaries had made...
Title taken from image. Two men and a woman hold oversized book titled "Jones Law." Float reads: "We want the same kind of independence the thirteen colonies gained back in 1776."
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;...
The first laws for the Harris Mining District (Juneau) were drawn up by Richard T. Harris on October 4, 1880, shortly after he and Joe Juneau made their initial discovery of gold. This set of laws was superceded by another code which was adopted...
Remainder of title: and recommending an appropriation for the payment for the territory ceded to the United States, and legislation for the occupation and government of the same. At head of title: 40th Congress, 1st session. Senate. Ex.Doc....
Slavery was an accepted custom in many Native tribes. On May 8, 1886, District Judge Layfayette Dawson in Sitka decided that the Thirteenth Amendment and the 1866 Civil Rights Act abolishing slavery applied to the "uncivilized tribes" of Alaska. ...
Remainder of title: Thomas Riggs, Jr., Member Alaskan Engineering Commission, and C. W. Richie and H. J. Atwell, Acting Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office, at Fairbanks, Alaska. Tanana Chiefs Council of 1915. ...
Contents: Letter of transmittal. Testimony of Chief Kah-du-shan from Wrangel Testimony of Chief Johnson (Yash-noosh) from Juneau Testimony of Chief Koogh-see fom Hoonah Testimony of Chief Kah-ea-tchiss from Hoonah ...
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska...
Contents: A [skookum] paper for Shaikes [Shakes], the Stickeen Chief, with comment on his character. Letter by Ed C. Hughes, purser, SS California, 1879 Dec. 28. Letter from I.S. Oakford, deputy collector of customs, Wrangell, Oct....
Letters regarding the Tanana Chiefs Council of 1915.
Contents: Letter from Commissioner Elmer E. Brown, November 1, 1910. Letter from George E. Boulter, January 31st, 1911. Letter from L.A. Kalbach, March 15, 1911. ...
Papers focus on several Tlingits from Angoon, Admiralty Island, 1878-1911 when the Navy was in charge of the territory. Two letters and the "lost" note relate to the bombardment of Angoon by the Navy vessel U.S.S. Adams in 1882; also mentions the...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty of March...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of protecting and conserving the fisheries of the United ...
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, - That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the...