Portrait of head on calling card. Bradley & Rulofson, S.F., Cal. Verso: Princess Maksoutoff [Maksutov]. Presented to Captain G. F. Emmons, U.S. Navy. Commanding the U.S. Ship "Ossipee" & the Naval Forces in Alaska. 1867.
Color image of a painting by Emanuel Leutze Shown left to right: Robert S. Chew; William. H. Seward (Secretary of State), William Hunter; Mr. Bodisco; Baron de (Eduard) Stoeckl (Russian Diplomat); Charles Sumner and Frederick W. Seward
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. ...
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.
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....
Ms. Relief shown pictorially. Mounted on paper with missing neat lines and borders redrawn. Drawn by J. C. White. Shows Western Union Telegraph line from West Road River to Fort Stager and along the Collins River.
Selected relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. Includes 2 profile drawings of portions of the coastline. Stamped "Western Union Telegraph Co." Blueline copy.
Tracing of St. Paul and St. George Islands. Ms., mounted on paper. Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. Based on survey made by Russian Ingen. Capt. Archimandritof. Signed by George Davidson, 1867; also bears a note by Davidson:...