03240nam a22004813i 4500 22264021 20250607111254.5 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 211005s1867 xx o 000 u eng 22264021 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-gencatlg LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-988 2021671095 (WDL)16740 DLC eng DLC eng fre rus 341 979 Tsar's Ratification of the Alaska Purchase Treaty. [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1867-03-30. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title devised, in English, by Library staff. The original treaty for the purchase of Alaska by the United States from the Russian Empire, written in parallel columns in French and English, is presented here with the signatures of U.S. secretary of state William H. Seward and the Russian minister to the United States, Eduard de Stoeckl. The diplomatic language of the Russian imperial court was French, so there was no official Russian version of the treaty. The Russian tsar, Alexander II, affixed his signature at the end of this copy of the treaty following a short commentary on his ratification in Russian. This version includes a lengthy listing of the tsar's historical titles in Russian on the first page, which is absent in the American copy. Following consent by the U.S. Senate, President Andrew Johnson signed an equivalent ratification on June 20, 1867. The subsequent Certificate of Exchange noted minor textual changes in the English and French versions of the treaty. The U.S. House of Representatives failed to appropriate funds for the Alaska Purchase for more than a year, on account of internal American political opposition and the impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson. Alaska became United States territory on October 18, 1867. The U.S. government finally issued a treasury warrant to Russia for payment for Alaska on August 1, 1868. Original resource at: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Content in English and French and Russian. Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions. 1867-03-30 Alaska -- Annexation to the United States Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1818-1881 Boundaries Foreign relations International law Treaties Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1818-1881, signer. Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872, signer. Russia Associated Name. Stoeckl, Eduard de, baron Signer. United States Associated Name. Russian Federation United States of America Alaska gdcwdl wdl_16740 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.16740 wdl/wdlpartner/wdlnara mtfront s-Online Electronic Resource