The Russo-American Treaty of 1824 (also known as the Convention of 1824) was signed in St. Petersburg between representatives of

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and the

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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

n claims on the Pacific Northwest coast of

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south of parallel 54°40′ north (over what

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had known as the

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) to the

. The Anglo-Russian Treaty of 1825 between Russia and

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then fixed the Russian

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's southernmost boundary of

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at the line of 54°40′N, the present southern tip of the

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, but Russian rights to trade in the area south of that Iatitude remained. The

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between the United States and Britain over jurisdiction in the region was already underway as a result of the

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between the U.S. and

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over the latter's former claims north of the 42nd Parallel (today's

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boundary). The 1824 treaty was signed by

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(mentioned in the treaty as "Charles de Nesselrode", Russia's then

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representing the U.S., and Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika (mentioned in the document as "Pierre de Poletica") representing the

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.Text of Russo-American Treaty of 1824
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