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.
Remainder of title: , and conferring jurisdiction upon said court to hear, examine, adjudicate, and enter judgement upon any and all claims which said Indians may have, or claim to have, against the United States, and for other purposes.
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 legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
Title taken from caption. View of Anchorage, Alaska Post Office and Court House, with people walking down steps and vehicles parked in front. Signage on building reads: "Anchorage Alaska" and "United States Post Office [...]" 1953-1959. Photograph...
Capt. Zeisler performing a marriage on board the USCG Spencer 1939. One of three Alaska Native couples are being married during a triple wedding on a coast guard vessel.
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. ...
Title taken from verso. Verso: 11 persons standing clockwise. 1. Edward DeGroff, U.S. Commissioner, Sitka
2. unknown
3. Edward S. Stackploe, U.S. Commissioner, Ketchikan
4. C.C. Page, Clerk of the Court
5. H.H. Folsom,...