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 Edward Belcher Esquimaux favor fish fisheries flag foxes Frozen Ocean gold Governor Gwin halibut harbor House Hudson Bay Company hundred Imperial Indians known Kodiak land latitude Lutke Majesty the Emperor miles military mountains natives navigator negotiations northwest coast numbers officers Ounalaska Pacific Coast peninsula of Alaska Petersburg present President Prince William Sound Purchase of Alaska regard region river Rousseau rubles Russian America Russian American Company Russian Commissioner Russian government Russian minister Russian possessions salmon says sea otter seal Secretary Senate Seward ship Shumagin islands Sir George Simpson Sitka skins Stanton stipulations Stoeckl territory timber trade transfer treaty troops United voyage Washington winter