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EARLY HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AMERICA (spine title)
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Congress One of the most important collections on Russian American documents. including the 1869 report on the missing $2.2 Million unaccounted for in the Seward purchase. also includes report on overland Pacific mails, treaty with Russia, Cloth. A Good Copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (Worn at extremities. Short separation alone back spine hinge on back cover. Owner's book plate inside front cover. Repair to inside corner of text page, all maps fine.) Bound congressional reports: 40TH CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION, 1868, (Ex. Doc. No. 177, parts 1 & 2 and Ex. Doc. No. 178, 1868 and 3RD SESSION, 1869, Rpt. 35 - 37 (ALASKA INVESTIGATION, OVERLAND PACIFIC MAILS, TREATY WITH RUSSIA, RUSSIAN AMERICA. Also, 1901 REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. Tables of meteoro logical data, reindeer counts, etc. Vocabulary list of the native Kodiak language.Village council by-laws in appendix. Fold out color map of Alaska and of Stickeen River and foldout cross-sections of the Alaska Mexican Gold Mine and the Alaska United Gold Mines. B/w photographs. Gov. Brady Report a taped tear on title page else very good. 750 pp.
- USD 400.00 > other currencies
- ordernr.: 004179
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