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1824 treaty between Russia and the United States
The
Russo-American Treaty of 1824
(also known as the
Convention of 1824
) was signed in
St. Petersburg
between representatives of
Russia
and the
United States
on April 17, 1824, ratified by both nations on January 11, 1825 and went into effect on January 12, 1825. The accord contained six articles. It gave
Russian
claims on the Pacific Northwest coast of
North America
south of
parallel 54°40′ north
(over what
Americans
had known as the
Oregon Country
) to the
United States
.
The
Anglo-Russian Treaty of 1825
between Russia and
Great Britain
then fixed the Russian
Tsar
's southernmost boundary of
Alaska
at the line of 54°40′N, the present southern tip of the
Alaska Panhandle
, but Russian rights to trade in the area south of that Iatitude remained. The
Oregon dispute
between the United States and Britain over jurisdiction in the region was already underway as a result of the
Adams?Onis Treaty
between the U.S. and
Spain
over the latter's former claims north of the 42nd Parallel (today's
Oregon
-
California
boundary).
The 1824 treaty was signed by
Karl Nesselrode
(mentioned in the treaty as "Charles de Nesselrode", Russia's then
foreign minister
),
Henry Middleton
representing the U.S., and
Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika
(mentioned in the document as "Pierre de Poletica") representing the
Russian Empire
.
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