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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
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
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
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
Sealing in Gulf of St. Lawrence and coast of Newfoundland......
382