NOTICE ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 



IN 1845. 



No. 2017. 



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



Department of State. 



To all to whom tliese presents shall come, greeting: 



I certify that a notice, of which the annexed is a copy, was, at the 

 direction of this Department, published on the 26th day of September, 

 1845, in the Daily Union newspaper of the city of Washington. 



In testimony whereof, 1, John W. Foster, Secretary of State of the 

 United States, have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal 

 of the Department of State to be afilxed. 



Done at the city of Washington this 1st day of August, A. D. 1892, 

 and of the Independence of the United States of America the one 

 hundred and seventeenth. 



[seal] John W. Foster. 



Department of State, 

 WashingtoUj September 26, 1845. 

 The Russian Minister at Washington has informed the Secretary of 

 State that the Imperial Government, desirous of affording official pro- 

 tection to the Russian territories in North America against the infrac- 

 tions of foreign vessels, has authorized cruisers to be established for 

 this purpose along the coast by the Russian- American Company. It 

 is, therefore, recommended to American vessels to be careful not to 

 violate the existing treaty between the two countries, by resorting to 

 any point ujoon the Russian American coast where there is a Russian 

 establishment, without the ]iermission of tlie governor or commander, 

 nor to frequent the interior seas, gulfs, harbors, and creeks upon that 

 coast at any x><jiiAt north of the latitude of 54° 40'. 



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