The Fur-seal and Other Fisheries of Alaska: Investigation |
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Alaska Commercial Company Alaska Territory Aleutian chain Aleutian Islands Aleuts animals Attoo Bering Sea better bulls Captain cent CHAIRMAN charge church coast committee company?-A company's agent condition contract count cutter duty employés FELTON females fish fur seals furnished Gavitt George Island Government agent Government officer hunters hunting islands of St islands?-A JEFFRIES Kodiak labor land large number lease lessees liquor males marauders ment miles natives never number of seals Oonalaska otter Pacific Pacific Ocean paid pany Paul and St Paul Island Pribylov protection pups quass regard regulations revenue revenue-cutter rookeries Russian salmon salt San Francisco schooner sea-otter seal islands seal skins season Secretary ship Sitka stations steamer supplies Swineford taken Territory that?-A them?-A there?-A thing Tingle tion trade Treasury agent Treasury Department United vessels visited waters Webster WITNESS
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Page xlvi - His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias agrees to cede to the United States, by this convention, immediately upon the exchange of the ratifications thereof, all the territory and dominion now possessed by his said Majesty on the continent of America and in the adjacent islands, the same being contained within the geographical limits herein set forth...
Page xlvi - 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 xlv - When this convention shall have been duly ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, on the one part, and, on the other, by His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington within three months from the date hereof, or sooner if possible.
Page xlvi - ... 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 xlvi - Stoeckl, his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States ; And the said Plenipotentiaries, having exchanged their full powers, which were found to be in...
Page xlvii - The cession of territory and dominion herein made is hereby declared to be free and unencumbered by any reservations, privileges, franchises, grants, or possessions, by any associated companies, whether corporate or incorporate, Russian or any other, or by any parties, except merely private individual property holders ; and the cession hereby made, conveys all the rights, franchises, and privileges now belonging to Russia in the said territory or dominion, and appurtenances thereto.
Page xlvii - Immediately after the exchange of the ratifications of this convention, any fortifications or military posts which may be in the ceded territory shall be delivered to the agent of the United States, and any Russian troops which may be in the territory shall be withdrawn as soon as may be reasonably and conveniently practicable. ARTICLE VI. In consideration of the cession aforesaid, the United States agree to pay at the treasury in Washington, within ten months after the exchange of the...
Page xlvi - ... point the line of demarcation shall follow the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast, as far as the point of intersection of the...
Page xlvi - Straits on the parallel of sixty-five degrees thirty minutes north latitude, at its intersection by the meridian which passes midway between the islands of Krusenstern or Ignalook, and the island of Ratmanoff, or Noonarbook, and proceeds due north without limitation, into the same Frozen Ocean. The same western limit, beginning at the same initial point, proceeds thence in a course nearly southwest, through...
Page xlvi - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes 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...