Manuscripts

Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., order to Secretary of State William H. Seward :

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Description: Authorizing and directing the secretary of state to affix the seal of the United States to the "proclamation of the Treaty for the cession of Russian Possessions in North America to the United States," referring to the treaty finalizing the U.S. purchase of Alaska from Russia, which had been signed March 30, 1867; formal transfer of the territory occurred on October 18, 1867.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1867 June 20.
Call number: mssHM 2023
Creator: Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of April 1929.
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Associated people: Seward, William H. (1801-1872.)
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