Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on the Cession of Russian America to the United States

Washington, D.C.: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1867. First edition. Text in two columns. 48pp. Without the folding map (not issued in all copies). Stitched. First edition. Text in two columns. 48pp. Without the folding map (not issued in all copies). Sumner's important speech in support of the ratification oof the treaty with Russia which ceded what would become Alaska to the U.S. Sometimes found with a large folding map by Lindenkpohl, though it was not issued with the speech according to Lada-Mocarski. Howes S1134; Lada-Mocarski 159; Tourville 4391; Wickersham 4128