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...
Title from caption. Photograph of Lawyer Rivenburg at his desk. He is working as a U. S. Marshall. What looks to be a cat is watching from atop the bookshelf. Narrative in photo album reads: "Below, my office as U. S. Marshall-(tax collector,...