Additional facts relating to the Russian American Company

Russia's early title to parts of the American coast ...

Charter of 1799...

Ukase of 1821.

9

12

Imperial Russian edicts relating to the Russian American Company.

14-31

14

16

Russian correspondence relating to the affairs of the Russian American

Company.

49-90

Part I. Illustrating Russia's exercise of jurisdiction over Bering Sea..

Minister of Finance to Minister of Marine, April 9, 1820 ..

Minister of Finance to Board, April 10, 1820.

49-80

49

51

Proceedings of Conference of July 21, 1824.

Board to I. A. Kupreianof, March 31, 1840.

64

67

Count Nesselrode to Minister of Finance, August 18, 1824, inclosing

68

71

Russian correspondence, etc.-Continued.

Part II. Illustrating Russian management on the Seal Islands...............

Board to Chief Manager, April 6, 1817. ....

Board to Chief Manager, March 8, 1843...

Board to Captain Rudakof, April 22, 1853.

Board to Chief Manager, April 24, 1854..

Board to Chief Manager, November 8, 1854

Board to Chief Manager, June 5, 1857

Chief Manager to Board, October 7, 1857

Chief Manager to Board, January 13, 1859.

Page.

80-90

80

81

84

84

86

Chief Manager to Board, May 13, 1860.

Chief Manager to Board, July 16, 1863

Chief Manager to Manager of St. Paul, May 1, 1861..

89

Notice issued by the United States Government in 1845 ..

91

Action of the United States Government relative to Alaska since the cession. 92-124

Laws enacted by Congress.

92-99

Action of the Executive.

99-113

Decisions of the United States courts....

113-124

Notes on the fur industry of Bering Sea and the adjoining region.....

Revenue derived from the Alaskan seal herd.

125-129

130

Diplomatic correspondence.....

131-364

Correspondence of the years 1822-1825 relative to the nkase of 1821 and

to the treaties of 1824 and 1825..

132-152

Correspondence between the United States and Great Britain relative to

the seizure of British sealing vessels in Bering Sea in 1886 and 1867.. 153-168

Correspondence relative to proposed international measures for the pro-

tection of fur-seals (1887-1888) ..

168-194

221-235

Correspondence relative to and growing out of the seizure of British seal-

ing vessels in Bering Sea in 1889 (August 24, 1889, to January 22, 1890). 195–203

Correspondence relative to proposed international measures for the pro-

tection of fur-seals—continued—(February 10, 1890, to June 27, 1890). 204–223

Correspondence relative to the jurisdictional rights in Bering Sea for-

merly possessed by Russia and transferred to the United States by the

treaty of 1867 (Mr. Blaine's note of June 30, 1890)....................

Correspondence relative to Great Britain's willingness to enter into a con-

vention for the protection of fur-seals (June 30, 1890, to July 18, 1890). 236-241

Correspondence relative to the jurisdictional rights in Bering Sea for-

merly possessed by Russia and transferred to the United States by the

treaty of 1867-continued-(August 2, 1890, to April 14, 1891)..

Correspondence relative to the modus vivendi of 1891 and to the negoti-

ations for arbitration (April 20, 1-91, to February 8, 1892).....

Correspondence relative to the modus vivendi of 1892 (February 9, 1892,

to March 26, 1892) ...

242-297

298-350

351-364

(For alphabetical list of notes see Index, "Diplomatic Correspondence.")

INTRODUCTION-

ARTICLE BY DR. J. A. ALLEN.

365

PART I.

and products.

Synopsis of the Pinnipeds, or Seals and Walruses, in relation to their commercial history

Common seal, eared seal, and walrus

Dependence on the land.

367

367

Sealing in Gulf of St. Lawrence and coast of Newfoundland......

382