Letter
Andrew Johnson to William H. Seward, August 7, 1867
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Executive Mansion, Washington, August 7,1867.
Brigadier General Lovell H. Rousseau, of Kentucky:
You are hereby appointed agent on behalf of the United States to receive from the agents of his Majesty, the Emperor of all the Russias, the territory, dominion, property, dependencies, and appurtenances which are ceded by his Imperial Majesty to the United States, under the treaty concerning the cession of the Russian possessions in North America, concluded March 30, 1867. A copy of the treaty is herewith communicated for your information and government.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
William H. Seward, Secretary of State.
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FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Fortie
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session of the Fortie.