Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts: On the Cession of Russian America to the United StatesPrinted at the Congressional Globe Office, 1867 - 48 páginas |
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... map and see the configuration of this extensive region , whose estimated area is more than five hundred and seventy thousand square miles . I speak by the authority of our own coast survey . Including the Sitkan archi- pelago at the ...
... map and see the configuration of this extensive region , whose estimated area is more than five hundred and seventy thousand square miles . I speak by the authority of our own coast survey . Including the Sitkan archi- pelago at the ...
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... maps of the world . The straits through which he sailed now bear his name , as also does the expanse of sea which he traversed on his way to the straits . He was The spirit of discovery continued at St. Petersburg . A Cossack chief ...
... maps of the world . The straits through which he sailed now bear his name , as also does the expanse of sea which he traversed on his way to the straits . He was The spirit of discovery continued at St. Petersburg . A Cossack chief ...
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... curious episode is not out of place in this brief history . It has two branches : one concerning early maps on which straits are represented between America and Asia under the name of | As a practical illustration of this idea , it 6.
... curious episode is not out of place in this brief history . It has two branches : one concerning early maps on which straits are represented between America and Asia under the name of | As a practical illustration of this idea , it 6.
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... maps exist with northwestern straits marked Anian . There are two in the Congressional Library in atlases of the years 1717 and 1680 ; but these are of a date comparatively modern . Engel , in his Mémoires Geographiques , mentions ...
... maps exist with northwestern straits marked Anian . There are two in the Congressional Library in atlases of the years 1717 and 1680 ; but these are of a date comparatively modern . Engel , in his Mémoires Geographiques , mentions ...
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... map with the lines in our Treaty marked upon it , and told him he might treat for this cession . The minister arrived in Wash- ington early in March . A negotiation was opened at once with our Government . Final instructions were ...
... map with the lines in our Treaty marked upon it , and told him he might treat for this cession . The minister arrived in Wash- ington early in March . A negotiation was opened at once with our Government . Final instructions were ...
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Página 10 - 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.
Página 10 - The cession of territory and dominion herein made is hereby declared to be free and unencumbered 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.
Página 3 - Attou on the east, and Copper Island on the west, to the meridian of 193° west longitude, leaving the prolonged group of the Aleutian Islands in the possessions now transferred to the United States, and making the western boundary of our country the dividing line which separates Asia from America.
Página 10 - I 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...
Página 10 - It is also understood, that, for the space of ten years from the signature of the present Convention, the vessels of the two Powers, or those belonging to their respective subjects, shall mutually be at liberty to frequent, without any hindrance whatever, all the inland seas, the gulfs, havens, and creeks on the coast mentioned in Article III for the purposes of fishing and of trading with the natives.
Página 3 - BOUNDARIES AND CONFIGURATION. In endeavoring to estimate its character I am glad to begin with what is clear and beyond question. I refer to the boundaries fixed by the treaty. Commencing at the parallel of 54° 40...
Página 11 - January, 1869. Meanwhile, during this brief period, it will be easy by Act of Congress in advance to limit importations at Sitka, so that this "free port" shall not be made the channel or doorway by which British goods may be introduced into the United States free of duty. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE TREATY. From this survey of the Treaty, as seen in its origin and the questions under it...
Página 9 - Petersburg the applications from the United States were under consideration; but the Russian Government was disinclined to any minor arrangement of the character proposed. Obviously something like a crisis was at hand with regard to these possessions. The existing government was not adequate. The franchises granted there were about to terminate. Something must be done. As Mr. De Stoeckl was leaving in February to return to his post, the Archduke Constantine, brother and chief adviser of the Emperor,...
Página 8 - It is within my knowledge that the Russian Government was sounded on the subject during the Administration of Mr. Buchanan. This was done through Mr. Gwin, at the time Senator of California, and Mr. Appleton, Assistant Secretary of State. For this purpose the former had more than one interview with the Russian minister at Washington, some time in December, 1859, in which, while professing to speak for the President unofficially, he represented that " Russia was too far off to make the most of these...
Página 1 - Thirteen governments thus founded on the natural authority of the people alone, without a pretence of miracle or mystery, and which are destined to spread over the northern part of that whole quarter of the globe, are a great point gained in favor of the rights of mankind.