Excerpt from The Alaskan Boundary Case On February 25, 1822, the United States government pro tested against the assertion, both as to maritime and territorial rights. Each government disclosed a purpose to assert in behalf of its citizens the right of trade on the northwest coast, and denied the sovereignty of Russia over those regions. Negotiations were begun between Russia and the United States on the one hand and Russia and Great Britain on the other hand in 1822, looking to an adjustment of these ques tions. In these negotiations both Great Britain and the United States asserted title to portions of the northwest coast which had been brought into controversy. Inasmuch as the same questions were involved, at the suggestion of the Russian government, the negotiations, both in behalf of Great Britain and of the United States, were carried on at St. Petersburg. It was even suggested that the interests and claims of the three powers be adjusted by a joint convention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.