Scenes from the Alaska State Museum at Juneau. Items include Southeast Alaska artwork, a petroglyph from Wrangell, Eskimo stone anchors, an early Russian cannon from Kodiak, a copy of "Signing the Alaska Treaty", a hand-sewn 36-star American flag...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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;...
By the President of the United States of America : a proclamation, whereas a treaty between the United States of America and His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries [William H....
Wide view of room, with fireplace at far end; Neva Egan plays piano at right; Seward desk and painting of treaty signing are on left; two chandeliers hang from ceiling