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... transfer was almost as completely and abso- lutely the owner of all that part of the territory it cared to occupy as it could possibly have been if possessed of the title in fee simple . CHAPTER II . BOUNDARIES AND SUPERFICIAL AREA ...
... transfer was almost as completely and abso- lutely the owner of all that part of the territory it cared to occupy as it could possibly have been if possessed of the title in fee simple . CHAPTER II . BOUNDARIES AND SUPERFICIAL AREA ...
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... proved by the fact that at the time of the transfer only twenty - one fee simple titles were confirmed by protocol , and these , it is safe to say , do not cover an aggregate of more than three hundred acres . All CLIMATE AND RESOURCES .
... proved by the fact that at the time of the transfer only twenty - one fee simple titles were confirmed by protocol , and these , it is safe to say , do not cover an aggregate of more than three hundred acres . All CLIMATE AND RESOURCES .
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... was found in the counting - house of the Russian- American Company after the transfer of Alaska to the United States , gives the following account of the massacre : " In 1802 , on the 27th day of July CLIMATE AND RESOURCES . 39.
... was found in the counting - house of the Russian- American Company after the transfer of Alaska to the United States , gives the following account of the massacre : " In 1802 , on the 27th day of July CLIMATE AND RESOURCES . 39.
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... transferred to the lessee company , which also built a similar post on Taku River , only to aban- don it two or three years later . Kupreanoff succeeded Wrangell in 1836 , and in 1840 the latter was relieved by Etholin . Dur- ing ...
... transferred to the lessee company , which also built a similar post on Taku River , only to aban- don it two or three years later . Kupreanoff succeeded Wrangell in 1836 , and in 1840 the latter was relieved by Etholin . Dur- ing ...
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... transfer of the terri- tory to the United States . 1 CHAPTER V. Formal Transfer of the Territory to the United CLIMATE AND RESOURCES . 55 ed. The Russian loss was two killed and nine- ...
... transfer of the terri- tory to the United States . 1 CHAPTER V. Formal Transfer of the Territory to the United CLIMATE AND RESOURCES . 55 ed. The Russian loss was two killed and nine- ...
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Afognak Alaska Alaska Commercial Company Aleutian Islands Aleuts Arctic Baranoff barrabaras Bering Bering Sea Bering Strait boats canoes Cape Captain certificate civil claimed climate coal coast Company Cook Inlet Creole distance east entrance Eskimo ex officio surveyor-general feet field notes fish gold Greco-Russian church ground habits harbor houses hundred Indians interior ivory Juneau Kadiak Karluk killed Kotzebue Sound Land Office large number less live located longitude lying Lynn Canal mainland ment miles mountains mouth narrow native village nearly Nuchek Nushegak occupied party Paul person plat Point Barrow population possession Prince William Sound principal reindeer river Russian Russian-American Company sailed salmon sea otter seal Shelikoff ship shore side Sitka skins steamer Strait summer survey territory thereof tion tives town trade transfer treaty trustee Unalaska United vessels walrus whale wholly winter Wrangell Yakutat Yakutat Bay Yukon
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Page 15 - That whenever the summit of the mountains which extend in a direction parallel to the coast from the 56th degree of north latitude to the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned...
Page 14 - North latitude, and between the 131st and the 133d degree of West longitude (Meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the North along the Channel called Portland Channel, as far as the Point of the Continent where it strikes the 56th degree of North latitude...
Page 241 - ... in trust for the several use and benefit of the occupants thereof, according to their respective interests...
Page 14 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and 133d degree of west longitude (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Page 250 - ... 29. After such notice shall have been duly given, the trustee will proceed on the designated day, except in contest cases, which shall be disposed of in the manner hereinafter provided, to set apart to the persons entitled to receive the same, the lots, blocks and grounds to which each person, company or association of persons shall be entitled, according to their respective interests, including in the portion or portions set apart to each person, corporation or association of persons the improvements...
Page 238 - That no portion of the tract applied for is occupied or reserved for any purpose by the United States, or occupied or claimed by any...
Page 15 - Choukotski, to the meridian of one hundred and seventy-two west longitude ; thence, from the intersection of that meridian, in a southwesterly direction, so as to pass midway between the island of Attou and the Copper island of the Kormandorski couplet or group in the North Pacific ocean, to the meridian of one hundred and ninetythree degrees west longitude, so as to include in the territory conveyed the whole of the Aleutian islands east of that meridian.
Page 255 - ... with all papers, other books, and everything pertaining to such town site in his possession and all evidence of his official acts shall be transmitted to the...
Page 15 - ... proceeds thence in a course nearly southwest, through Behring's straits and Behring's sea, so as to pass midway between the northwest point of the island of St. Lawrence and the southeast point of Cape...
Page 15 - ... distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia, as above mentioned, (that is to say, the limit...