Extolling the virtues of Alaska, just 12 years after its purchase...
Item # 699904
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THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, St. Louis, Feb. 17, 1879 Page 2 has a wonderful & very detailed article extolling the virtues of Alaska, just 12 years after its purchase from Russia.
"ABOUT ALASKA" "Its Wonders and Riches--Its Rivers and People" are the column heads with the text taking almost a full column.
Eight pages, nice condition.
Item from our most recent catalog - #370 - released for September, 2026
Category: Post-Civil War
Price
$43
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.
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