. Alaska + its history, climate and natural resources. ALASKA Its History, Climate NATURAL RESOURCES / V Hon. a. p. Swineford, Ex-Governor of Alaska. WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK: --— RAND, McNALLY & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. 2ndCO?V, 3029 Copyright, 1898, by Rand, McNally & Co. /<^o^ 0\-\5bfO PREFACE. The brief history of the discovery and occupa-tion of Alaska by the ^Russians, which I have inrcorporated in this work, has been compiledlargely from the records of the Russian-Ameri-can Company, as translated for me by Kostrometinoff. That part relating tothe purchas
. Alaska + its history, climate and natural resources. ALASKA Its History, Climate NATURAL RESOURCES / V Hon. a. p. Swineford, Ex-Governor of Alaska. WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK: --— RAND, McNALLY & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. 2ndCO?V, 3029 Copyright, 1898, by Rand, McNally & Co. /<^o^ 0\-\5bfO PREFACE. The brief history of the discovery and occupa-tion of Alaska by the ^Russians, which I have inrcorporated in this work, has been compiledlargely from the records of the Russian-Ameri-can Company, as translated for me by Kostrometinoff. That part relating tothe purchase of the country by the United Statesare matters of Congressional record, which thereader can easily verify by referring to the de-bates had in the Senate and House of Represent-atives, 1867-8. The remainder, and by far thelarger part of the volume, is based upon personalobservation and research, made during an officialresidence of several years in the Territory, duringwhich time I personally visited all the differentsections referred to foalaskaitshistory00swin
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