TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Treaty of arbitration of 1892 1 



Modus Vivendi of 1892 6 



Additional facts relating to the Russian American Company 9 



Russia's early title to parts of tlie American coast 12 



Imperial Russian edicts relating to the Russian American Company 14-31 



Charter of 1799 I'l 



Uliaseof 1821 16 



Charter of 1821 24 



Confirmation of charter of 1821 27 



Charter of 1844 28 



Treaties 32-48 



Great Britain and Spain, 1790 32 



United States and Great Britain, 1818 34 



United States and Spain, 1819 34 



United States and Russia, 1824 35 



Great Britain and Russia, 1825 39 



United States and Russia, 1867 43 



Russian correspondence relating to the affairs of the Russian American 



Company •49-90 



Part I. Illustrating Russia's exercise of jurisdiction over Bering Sea ... 49-80 



Minister of Finance to Minister of Marine, April 9, 1820 49 



Minister of Finance to Board, April 10, 1820 51 



Board to Chief Manager, April 23, 1820 53 



Board to Chief Manager, March 31, 1821 55 



Board to Chief Manager, August 3, 1820 57 



Orders to Kadiak office, August 3, 1820 57 



Board to Chief Manager, March 15, 1821 58 



Board to Chief Manager, September 7, 1821 59 



Board to Chief Manager, September 20, 1821 59 



Board to Chief Manager, February 28, 1822 61 



Board to Chief Manager, July 31, 1822 61 



Minister of Finance to Board, July 18, 1822 62 



Minister of Finance to Board, April 2, 1824 63 



Count Nesselrode to N. S. Mordvinof, April 11, 1824 64 



Minister of Finance to Board, September 4, 1824 67 



Count Nesselrode to Minister of Finance, August 18, 1824, inclosing 



Proceedings of Conference of July 21, 1824 68 



Board to I. A. Kupreianof, March 31, 1840 71 



Board to Acting Chief Manager, March 20, 1853 72 



Chief Manager to Beuzeman, June 20, 1861 74 



Department of Commerce to Board, June 19, 1865 75 



Concerning the granting of a fourth charter 78 



Opinion of Council of State 79 



Proclamation 80 



III 



