Mathematic map data: Scale ca. 1:12,672,000 Publication info: [Washington? D.C.] : U.S.C.S. Dept., 1880. Physical descrip: 1 map : col. ; on sheet 31 x 39 cm. General Note: "Entered according to act of Congress in the year...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Verso: Russian Church Records and Manuscripts in the basement of St. Nicholas Cathedral – New York 1927. Library of Congress, Slavic Dept. Forest Glen, Md. – Michael Z. Vinkouroff.
Verso: Russian Church Records and Manuscripts in the basement of St. Nicholas Cathedral – New York 1927. Library of Congress, Slavic Dept. Forest Glen, Md. – Michael Z. Vinkouroff.
Verso: Russian Church Records and Manuscripts in the basement of St. Nicholas Cathedral – New York 1927. Library of Congress, Slavic Dept. Forest Glen, Md. – Michael Z. Vinkouroff.
Verso: Russian Church Records and Manuscripts in the basement of St. Nicholas Cathedral – New York 1927. Library of Congress, Slavic Dept. Forest Glen, Md. – Michael Z. Vinkouroff.