The Purchase of Alaska

40th Congress Alaska purchase Aleutian islands Annex Archangel Behring straits British California called Captain Pestchouroff ceded cession climate colonies command commerce committee Congress consideration continent Cook Inlet Davis discovery Ditto dominion Dwelling house Edward Belcher Esquimaux fish fisheries flag foxes Frozen Ocean gold Governor Gwin halibut harbor Hudson Bay Company hundred Imperial Indians Kenaians known Kodiak land latitude Lutke Majesty the Emperor miles military natives navigator negotiations numbers officers Ounalaska Pacific Coast peninsula of Alaska Petersburg present President Prince William Sound Purchase of Alaska ratifications received regard region river Rousseau rubles Russian America Russian American Company Russian Commissioner Russian government Russian minister salmon San Francisco says sea otter Secretary Senate Seward ship Shumagin islands Sir George Simpson Sitka skins Stanton stipulations Stoeckl Sumner territory timber trade transfer treaty troops United voyage Washington winter Youkon