Statement concerning lease of Pribilov Islands by the U.S. government, [ca. 1885].

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Statement concerning lease of Pribilov Islands by the U.S. government, [ca. 1885].

By the president of the Alaska Commercial Company, which leased the islands in 1870; with the statement is a biographical sketch.

Originals : 6 p. ; 28 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (18 exposures) : negative (Rich. 114:8) and positive.

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