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 thirtieth, eighteen hun- dred and...
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. ...
Title and description from a handwritten list (date and writer unknown), identifying people in Stratton Library's photograph of a "1914 ANB CONVENTION AT SITKA". Front Row (l. to r.): Jas Watson, Juneau; Frank Mercer, Juneau, but originally...
Title by Cataloguer. Cataloguer note: A poultry cage bearing the Red Cross symbol is seen here. A small child wearing a nurse's outfit with the same symbol is standing close by. The inscription "Liberty" is written on the side of the house,...