TheRusso-American Treaty of 1824 (also known as theConvention of 1824) was signed inSt. Petersburg between representatives ofRussia and theUnited States 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 gaveRussian claims on the Pacific Northwest coast ofNorth America south ofparallel 54°40′ north (over whatAmericans had known as theOregon Country) to theUnited States.
TheAnglo-Russian Treaty of 1825 between Russia andGreat Britain then fixed the RussianTsar's southernmost boundary ofAlaska at the line of 54°40′N, the present southern tip of theAlaska Panhandle, but Russian rights to trade in the area south of that latitude remained. TheOregon dispute between the United States and Britain over jurisdiction in the region was already underway as a result of theAdams–Onís Treaty between the U.S. andSpain over the latter's former claims north of the 42nd Parallel (today'sOregon-California boundary).
The 1824 treaty was signed byKarl Nesselrode (mentioned in the treaty as "Charles de Nesselrode", Russia's thenforeign minister),Henry Middleton representing the U.S., andPyotr Ivanovich Poletika (mentioned in the document as "Pierre de Poletica") representing theRussian Empire.[1]
