To answer the questions asked in your letter of March 29;

Our vessels generally traverse a modified great circular route between Seattle and Yokohama keeping south of the Aleutian Chain. Masters are free to deviate to the southward as weather dictates.

On rare occasions vessels will deviate north of the Aleutians.
In this case we are required by our underwriters to use Unimak Pass
and the Channel west of Buldir Island although in an emergency any
action or course could be followed consistent with the safety of
the vessel.

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2. 53rd Congress, 2d Session, U.S. Senate, Ex. Doc. 177,

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The suspicious of Great Britain regarding the negotiations between the
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"For sometime past I began to perceive that the provisions of the Ukase would not be persisted in. It appears to have been signed by the Emperor without sufficient examination, and may be fairly considered as having been surreptiously obtained. There can be little doubt, therefore, that with a little patience and management it will be molded into a less objectionable shape." Letter from Middleton to Adams, August 8, 1822. Fur Seal Arbitration, Vol. I, p. 81.

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1780,