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The volume contains the orders of Engineer-in-Chief Charles S. Bulkley, and Chief of Marine Charles M. Scammon from May 1865 to December 1866. The orders deal with the following issues: destinations for the ships including San Francisco, California, Victoria, B.C., Sitka, Alaska, the Bering Strait, Siberia and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiǐ, Russia; directions to certain ports; the rules and regulations of the expedition; the promotions, transfers, and punishments of sailors; work to be done by the land parties; ship repairs; the selling and buying of furs; and interactions with the native Alaskans. The volume also mentions the body of Robert Kennicott being brought aboard; Kennicott was the Chief of the Scientific Corps of the expedition and died in Alaska in May 1866.
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