Fur Seal Abitration, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1895 - Bering Sea controversy |
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Alaska Aleutian Islands Anna Beck Article authorities Behring Sea Behring Strait Britain British Columbia Captain Carolena cession city of Victoria claim coast of America Commander commerce continent Convention crew declaration discovery dollars Dolphin dominion Emperor exclusive Exhibit expenses fish fisheries foreign vessels fur seals hereto annexed Hudson Bay Company hunters hunting Ibid Imperial J. D. WARREN July jurisdiction Kamtchatka Kodiak Kotzebue land limit longitude Majesty mare clausum master mate nations natives navigation north latitude north-west coast Notary Public officers Okhotsk Ounalaska outfit owner Pacific Ocean Pathfinder Petersburgh Poletica port of Victoria Prince William Sound Province of British Report Richard Rush Russian Government Russian possessions Russian-American Company Sayward schooner Sea of Okhotsk seal-skins seized seizure Settlement ship shores Signed Sitka skins steam-schooner territory tion trade Treaty Ukase United States steam-ship Victoria aforesaid voyage W. P. Sayward waters of Behring whaling
Popular passages
Page 496 - The uncivilized tribes will be subject to such laws and regulations as the United States may, from time to time, adopt in regard to aboriginal tribes of that country.
Page 32 - ... the claims of any other Power or State to any part of the said country ; the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, being to prevent disputes and differences amongst themselves.
Page 285 - ... 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 32 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers...
Page 496 - 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 thereof, or sooner if possible.
Page 286 - The cession of territory and dominion herein made is hereby declared to be free and unincumbered 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...
Page 412 - ... signature of the present convention to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers; it being well understood that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim which either of the two high contracting parties may have to any part of the said country...
Page 285 - 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 ratifications of this convention, to the diplomatic representative or other agent of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, duly authorized to receive the same, seven million two hundred thousand dollars in gold.
Page 13 - Spain; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
Page 495 - 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...