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The first scientific exploration of Russian America and the purchase of Alaska, (Record no. 83236)

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LC control number 42050931
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System control number (OCoLC)522036
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050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number F907
Item number .J3
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 979.8
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name James, James Alton,
Dates associated with a name 1864-1962.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The first scientific exploration of Russian America and the purchase of Alaska,
Statement of responsibility, etc by James Alton James ...
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Evanston,
-- Chicago,
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Northwestern University,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 1942.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xii, 276 p.
Other physical details plates, ports., double map.
Dimensions 24 cm.
490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Northwestern University studies in the social sciences,
Volume number/sequential designation no. 4
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note "Primary interest ... has centered in the effort to ascertain the specific contributions made by these explorers, [Robert Kennicott and Henry M. Bannister] assistants in the Smithsonian Institution, to Senator Sumner's knowledge of Russian America ... The Kennicott journal was published in the first volume of the Transactions of the Chicago Academy of Sciences in 1869 ... The Bannister journal ... has not been published and is now in the archives of Northwestern University."--Pref.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction: A. Robert Kennicott. B. Project for an overland telegraph line between the western and eastern continents. C. Treaty for the cession of Russian territory of the United States. D. Contemporary knowledge of Alaska, 1867. E. The testimony of Henry Martyn Bannister.--The journal of Robert Kennicott, May 19, 1859-February 11, 1862.--Bibliography of the writings of Robert Kennicott (p. 135-136)--The journal of Henry Martyn Bannister, March 21, 1865-January 20, 1867.--Letter of Bannister to his parents, November 12, 1866.--Letter of Robert Kennicott to Bannister, January 7, 1866.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Kennicott, Robert,
Dates associated with a name 1835-1866.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bannister, Henry M.
Fuller form of name (Henry Martyn),
Dates associated with a name 1844-1920.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Alaska
General subdivision Description and travel.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name United States
General subdivision Discovery and exploration.
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      MARY IMMACULATE LIBRARY MARY IMMACULATE LIBRARY Open Shelf 30/11/2009   F 907 .J3 mil-11549 03/06/2010 13/08/2008 Book

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