Formal studio portrait of Arthur Shoup of Sitka, a member of the First and Second Alaska Territorial Legislatures; author of the Woman Suffrage Bill, passed March 21, 1913.
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;...
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 ...
Title taken from verso. Verso: Mrs. Urban Nelson, representing State Garden Assn. & Representatives Dora M. Sweeney - Juneau, Grace Johnson - Nome. 1962.
Title from image. Left to right: Arthur Glendinning Shoup, House of Representatives - Sitka. Governor Walter Eli Clark. Conrad Freeding, Senate - Nome. W.W. Shorthill, Sec.
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,...