On 2017-06-14 19:44, Paul Eggert wrote:
+# presumably to get two Sundays off that week. See: Ahllund T (tr Hallamaa P). which could perhaps be misinterpreted as if it was the choice of Sitka workers. From [Ian R Bartky: "One Time Fits All: The Campaigns for Global Uniformity". Stanford University Press. 2007. p 24..26] about the time after 1867-10-18:
"..in Alaska two Sabbaths continued to be observed every week. According to George Davidson, a contemporary field geodesist and astronomer who investigated the matter, "[T]he Holy Orthodox Church in Alaska did not change until January 1st 1871 by order of Right Reverend John [Ioann Mitropol'skii], Bishop of Alaska & the Aleutian Islands." " Michael Deckers.