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Petition from a Yakut merchant Fedor Struchkov
to the governor of Irkutsk Company, Nov. 2,
1797
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Writing in a single sentence, the author of this petition, Fedor Struchkov,
proposed to organize a fur trading company that would hunt and explore around
the Shantar Islands and the mouth of the Amur River. |
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List of products, undated
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Tribes of the Irkutsk region, undated
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Tribes in the Irkutsk region |
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Death and burial of Admiral von Kruz,
1799
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Report of the death and burial of Admiral
Aleksandr Ivanovich von Kruz, [1799]
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Kruz lived from 1731 to 1799. |
BOX 2 REEL 1 |
Report concerning Thomas Vernon and Co.,
1803
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Request of Thomas Vernon and Co. concerning the
Portugese ship Pensamento Felix, 1803, July
2, AHD, v. 3, 266 |
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This is a Russian copy of the request by the company of Thomas Vernon to the
Russian minister of commerce to sequester in the port of Kronstadt the
Portugese ship Pensamento Felix for nonpayment of
bills to the company. |
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Notes concerning Guznishevskii, 1808
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Note concerning prikazchik Guznishchevskii,
Kamchatka, 1808, Sept. 16, AHD, v. 3, 266 |
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Guznishchevskii was involved in a case of misuse of company funds at the
Kamchatka office of the Russian-American Company. |
BOX 2 REEL 1 |
Shares of the Russian-American Co.,
undated
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BOX 2 REEL 1 |
Memorandum concerning shares of the
Russian-American Company |
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This memorandum petitions the board of directors of the company to guarantee
that shares in the company be universally accepted in government contracts as
security deposits. |
BOX 2 REEL 1 |
List of merchants to take part in the Tsar’s
Commerce College, undated
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BOX 2 REEL 1 |
List of merchants appointed by the Emperor to
take part in conferences at the ministry of commerce, undated
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Report from Okhotsk station concerning Japanese
troubles, 1811
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Report from the Okhotsk station concerning
trouble with the Japanese, Nov. 8,
1811
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In August 1811 Lieutenant Captain Vasilii Mikhailovich Golovnin (1776-1831) was
captured by the Japanese while he and his crew were making a survey of the
central and southern Kuril Islands. In retaliation for the raids made by
Khvostov and Davydov on Sakhalin (see Report from Stephan Ionovich
Zhakarov), Golovnin was kept on Hokkaido (called here Matmai) until
1813. This memorandum recommends that in view of the difficulties with Japan,
the next expedition to Sakhalin be diverted to Alaska in the following
spring. |
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Surgeon of the 27th Artillery Brigade at Rovno
(Poland?), in German, undated
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Letter from surgeon of the 27th artillery
brigade at Rovno [Rowno, Poland ?] in German, May
28, 1817
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BOX 2 REEL 1 |
Contract with N. V. Borisov, 1804, May
7
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Contract with Nikita V. Borisov, 1804, May
7, AHD, v. 3, 269 |
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This contract contains five clauses defining the typical duties of an employee
of the Russian-American Company, including unconditional service wherever he
might be sent. The salary was set at 500 rubles per year. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Achievements of the Russian-American Co.,
undated
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BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Report of the achivements of the
Russian-American Company with draft,
undated
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Although this document is undated and unsigned it has been attributed to
Mikhail Buldakov (1766-1827?), the first director of the Russian-American
Company, who vigorously defends the achievements of the company over a
thirty-year period. He mentions not only the company's financial integrity but
also its role in expanding the territory and influence of the Russian empire
and the conversion of native peoples to Christianity. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Journal of hunting party, Shantar Islands,
1786, June 5-July 30
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Journal of Lebedev-Lastochkin's hunting party to
the Shantar Islands, June-July 1786, AHD, v. 3, 270 |
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Pavel Sergeevich Lebedev-Lastochkin (d. 1800) was a onetime partner and then
rival of Grigorii Shelikhov. Although he would later turn his attention to the
Aleutian Islands and the coast of Alaska, until the 1780s Lebedev-Lastochkin
attempted several trading and hunting expeditions to the Kuril and Shantar
Islands. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Note concerning suit of the Russian-American
Company against the Lastochkin Company, after 1814, AHD, v. 3,
270 |
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Following the death of Shelikhov in 1795, the rivalry between the various fur
trading companies in Russian America escalated into violent confrontations
among different factions, including the native Americans who had been severely
exploited by all parties. Although the creation of the Russian-American Company
in 1799 consolidated most of the companies, Lebedev-Lastochkin refused to join.
Claims between the two companies continued even after Lastochkin's death in
1800. |
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Irkutsk region, 1798
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BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Memorandum about Irkutsk region. With draft
about food and prices, 1798
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This memorandum, with corrections attributed to Nikolai Rezanov, discusses the
questions relating to the cultivation of agriculture in the region around
Irkutsk. As a remedy to the problem of rising prices of foodstuffs, the author
proposes the elimination of taxes, promotion of free trade, permission for
farmers to travel freely to market towns, etc. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
List of charts from Pilot Izmailov, circa
1795
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BOX 3 REEL 1 |
List of charts delivered from Pilot Izmailov
from America, 1795, AHD, v. 3, 273; followed by an order from
Natal'ia Shelikhova for maps of the Russian American colonies, after 1795, AHD,
v. 3, 274-5 |
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Gerasim Izmailov (1745-1795) was a talented seafarer and explorer who
participated in numerous expeditions to Kamchatka and the Aleutian Islands. In
October 1778 he encountered Captain Cook off the coast of Unalaska and provide
him with valuable nautical and geographical information about the North
Pacific. In the 1780s Izmailov's reputation was compromised by his extreme use
of force during the Russian occupation of Kodiak Island. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Letter from Ivan Bukharin regarding Okhotsk Port,
1806, Oct.
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BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Letter from Ivan Bukharin to [Nikolai Rezanov]
regarding Okhotsk Port, Oct. 1,
1806
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In reply to questions of Rezanov, here referred to only as Your Excellency, the
commander of the port of Okhotsk, Ivan Bukharin, wrote a brief history of the
settlement and the origins of the first expeditions to the Kuril and Aleutian
Islands, followed by an account of present-day operations at the port and
various statistics concerning the Russian personnel stationed there. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Note regarding Ivan Bukharin's deeds, [1805]
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The memorandum attached to the above letter accuses Bukharin of all sorts of
improprieties, such as bribery, the whipping of a noblemen and a local chief,
and the transport of luxury goods for his own use at government expense. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Unidentified notes, abstract of Russian-French
peace agreements, 1807, July 9
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BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Undated and unidentified notes concerning
operations of the Russian-American Company, followed by an abstract of the
peace treaty between France and Prussia made in July, 1807, AHD,
v. 3, 280 |
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BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Animals brought from Lima, Peru,
undated
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Animals brought from Lima, Peru. With draft,
from 1815
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Mentioned are llamas, vicuñas, and tortoises. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Trading rules received in Peking, China, by
Shchegorin, undated
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BOX 3 REEL 1 |
List of trading regulations received in Peking
by Fedor Shchegorin, 1794, AHD, v. 3, 281 |
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Ivan Shchegorin was a citizen of Irkutsk who resided in Peking between 1781 and
1794 with the Russian religious mission. These regulations, which Shchegorin
received from his colleague in Kiakhta on the Russo-Chinese border, were
designed to guide Chinese merchants in their dealings with Russia. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Voyage to California, 1789
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Report about a voyage to
California. Madrid, Mar. 9,
1789
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In this letter the Russian ambassador in Madrid, Zinov'ev, reports that a
Spanish packet-boat named St. Charles encountered a Russian settlement of 462
people under the 48°-49° parallel. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Gifts to the Imperial University at Dorpat,
Estonia, 1808
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BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Letter in German from the rector of Dorpat
University expressing thanks for gifts to the university library and museum,
1808, Sept. 18, AHD, v. 3, 282 (Letters concerning gifts to the
Imperial University at Dorpat) |
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BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Letter in German from the rector of Dorpat
University expressing thanks for gifts to the university library and
museum,1811, Oct. 25, AHD, v. 3, 282 (Letters concerning gifts
to the Imperial University at Dorpat) |
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BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Russian translation of Report about a voyage to California, Sept. 18,
1808 (Letters concerning gifts to the Imperial University at
Dorpat) |
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BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Tables concerning taxes, gold, silver, money, etc.,
undated
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Tables concerning taxes, gold, silver, money,
etc., Oct. 3, 1797 (Letters concerning gifts to the Imperial
University at Dorpat) |
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These tables provide a summary of the history of Russian gold and silver
coinage for most of the eighteenth century, as well as rates of exchange for
Russian and foreign coinage. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Detention of a Portuguese ship, 1803
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BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Letter concerning the detention of the Portugese
ship Pensamento Felix, 1803, June 24, AHD v. 3, 287. (In French
with Russian translation.) (AHD v. 3 p. 287) |
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The authors of this letter, the merchants Roversi and Gonτales, protest the
detention in St. Petersburg of the ship Pensamento Felix on which their goods
are stored. This letter was most likely addressed to Rezanov (see item
#107). |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Extracts from sea regulations, undated
(AHD v. 3 p. 287) |
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BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Declaration of the Russian American Co.,
1812,
1819
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BOX 3 REEL 1 |
List of orders, Nov. 29, 1812
(Declarations of the Russian-American Company) |
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BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Copy of letter of first director Mikhailo
Matveevich Buldakov from Ustiug and "An opinion", Dec. 12, 1819
(Declarations of the Russian-American Company) |
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In his letter Buldakov describes his physical condition following a
debilitating stroke and requests the board of directors of the Russian-American
Company to hold an election for a new director. In the attached opinion,
written between 1801 and 1812, Buldakov argues against the proposal of certain
shareholders that the headquarters of the board of directors be moved from St.
Petersburg to Irkutsk. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Privileges of the Russian-American Co.,
undated
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An opinion concerning the necessity of expanding
the privileges of the Russian-American Company, (Declarations of the
Russian-American Company) |
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This opinion, which is unfinished and unsigned, recommends that in order to
improve the reputation of the Russian-American Company, it should be allowed to
incorporate imperial emblems in its documents and insignia and that its
officers be given government ranks with proper titles and uniforms. The opinion
also recommends that food rations for company employees be established along
government lines and that the company be provided with an armed ship in Russian
America. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Miscellaneous letters, 1800, undated
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Letter from Rezanov to Boris Latstsano,
1800, Oct. 25, AHD, v. 3, 292 (Miscellaneous
letters) |
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Boris Latstsano was governor general of Irkutsk. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Letter from Boris Latstsano, governor of
Irkutsk, to the board of directors of the Russian-American Company, 1800,
Aug. 27, AHD, v. 3, 292 (Miscellaneous letters) |
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This letter addresses the complaints of a citizen of Suzdal, Petr Kutyshkin,
against Golikov and Shelikhov. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Petition of Petr Kutyshkin to Alexander
I, 1800, June 29, AHD, v. 3, 292-94 (Miscellaneous
letters) |
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In his petition Kutyshkin claims that even though he was a founding member of
the Golikov-Shelikhov company he has been deprived of his rightful shares in
its profits. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
List of subscribers to Kutyshkin's company,
1779, AHD, v. 3, 294-95 (Miscellaneous letters) |
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This list of names shows the terms under which Kutyshkin and other merchants
formed a fur company with Ivan Golikov. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Letter from procurator-general of the Senate to
the governor-general of Irkutsk, Boris Latstsano, 1800, July 9,
AHD, v. 3, 295 (Miscellaneous letters) |
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This letter concerns the approval of the request by a merchant of Irkutsk to
establish a textile factory for the manufacture of sailcloth. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Documents concerning the ship Suvorov, undated
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BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Documents concerning the Russian-American
Company ship "Suvorov", (Miscellaneous letters) |
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These papers include bills of lading for goods delivered at Kronstadt and
newspaper accounts of the ship's progress. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Cargo list and documents concerning the operations
of the Russian-American Co., undated
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BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Register of goods for sale at Irkutsk,
1807, May 11 (Cargo lists and documents concerning the
operations of the Russian-American Company and China) |
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Register of Russian goods traded for Chinese
goods at Kiakhta in 1808, Moscow, 1809, May 27, AHD, v. 3, 298
(Cargo lists and documents concerning the operations of the Russian-American
Company and China) |
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List of good delivered to St. Petersburg on the
ships Nadezhda and Neva in 1806, AHD, v. 3, 297 (Cargo lists and documents
concerning the operations of the Russian-American Company and
China) |
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The list includes the furs obtained by the Russian-American Company (sea otter,
silver fox, blue fox, bear) and goods purchased at Canton (tea, china, buttons,
pearls, fans, fabrics, baskets, trays). |
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Cargo list, Sept. 1, 1804 (Cargo
lists and documents concerning the operations of the Russian-American Company
and China) |
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Chinese goods imported through Kiakhta in 1802,
1803, Jan. 19, AHD, v. 3, 297 (Cargo lists and documents
concerning the operations of the Russian-American Company and
China) |
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Cargo list, Sept. 1, 1806 (Cargo
lists and documents concerning the operations of the Russian-American Company
and China) |
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Chinese goods, Sept. 1, 1806 (Cargo
lists and documents concerning the operations of the Russian-American Company
and China) |
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Note regarding trade in Kiakhta, signed by
Aleksandr Borisov, Irkutsk, 1807, Jan. 15, AHD, v. 3, 298 (Cargo
lists and documents concerning the operations of the Russian-American Company
and China) |
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Probably written for Rezanov, this note emphasizes the importance of Kiakhta
for the Russian-American Company of as a place where the company could
profitably exchange furs for Chinese goods. |
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Note regarding trading activities of the
Russian-American Company by Aleksandr Borisov, Irkutsk, 1807, Jan.
15, AHD, v. 3, 298 (Cargo lists and documents concerning the
operations of the Russian-American Company and China) |
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In this note Borisov warns that trade in Kamchatka brings the Russian-American
Company a deficit of 20% each year. |
BOX 3 REEL 1 |
Notes concerning company operations, 1822,
1830
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Diary of an expedition of Mikhailo Matveevich
Buldakov's son [parts missing?], 1822,
Aug.
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Written at various periods between 1814 and 1830, this diary of one of the sons
of Mikhail Buldakov describes army life in 1812, his travels through the
Russo-Polish border region in 1815, and his experiences as a tax collector in
Vologda province in 1822. |
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Diary of an expedition of Mikhailo Matveevich
Buldakov's son [parts missing?], June 20,
1830
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This portion of the Buldakov diary includes details of family life and the
tedium of employment in Ustiug. |
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Various papers concerning the operations of the
Russian-America Co., 1805-1806
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Register of goods exported from islands,
from 1803 to 1805 (Various papers concerning the operations of
the Russian-American Company) |
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BOX 3 REEL 2 |
Extract of Russian-American Company register of
goods exported from America, 1803 (Various papers concerning the
operations of the Russian-American Company) |
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History of operations of the Russian-American
Company, after 1803 (Various papers concerning the operations of
the Russian-American Company) |
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Note about permission to convey company goods to
Gizhiga on government ships, 1805, Mar. 24 (Various papers
concerning the operations of the Russian-American Company) |
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Observation concerning the board's opinion,
after 1798 (Various papers concerning the operations of the
Russian-American Company) |
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Note of Resignation, after 1800
(Various papers concerning the operations of the Russian-American
Company) |
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Document concerning the Emperor's dealings with
the Russian-American Company, after 1812 (Various papers
concerning the operations of the Russian-American Company) |
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About the debts of the merchants Krupenin,
1806, Nov. 26 (Various papers concerning the operations of the
Russian-American Company) |
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Note to Kodiak office from the board of the
Russian-American Company, 1803 (Various papers concerning the
operations of the Russian-American Company) |
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Report about general meeting of Russian-American
Company, [Feb. 28, 1803] (Various papers concerning the operations
of the Russian-American Company) |
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BOX 3 REEL 2 |
Cargo registers, 1795-1810
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Cargo list from Arkhangelsk port. Food from
foreign ports, 1810 (Various papers concerning the operations of
the Russian-American Company) |
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BOX 3 REEL 2 |
Notes about Siberia and America,
undated
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BOX 3 REEL 2 |
Note in English by Lydia Black describing
contents of Box 3, folder 21 (notes about Siberia and America,
1806), AHD, v. 3, 305-10 (Various papers concerning the
operations of the Russian-American Company) |
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BOX 3 REEL 2 |
Rezanov’s activities in California, the founding of
a colony there, Pacific trade, etc., circa 1814
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BOX 3 REEL 2 |
Report of the council of the Russian-American
Company to Emperor Alexander I, 1814, AHD, v. 3, 311-13 (Various
papers concerning the operations of the Russian-American Company) |
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The council of the Russian-American Company was established by imperial decree
in December 1813 to consider politically sensitive matters. Sometime after, it
drafted this report relating to the creation of the Russian colony near Bodega
Bay in Northern California (Fort Ross). In particular, the report refers to the
possibilities of cultivating grain and livestock, as well as to trade with
Spanish California, should the government in Madrid agree to it. |
BOX 3 REEL 2 |
Request to the tsar from Savinskii,
1811
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Petition from a Kamchatka official, Petr
Savinskii, to Alexander I, 1811, May 15, AHD, v. 3, 314 (Various
papers concerning the operations of the Russian-American Company) |
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In his petition, Petr Savinskii lodges a complaint against Major General
Koshelev, who unjustly arrested and imprisoned him, and requests as
compensation reinstatement and promotion. |
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Petition from Kosmevin to the tsar,
1812
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Petition from a geodesist of the Imperial
Academy of Science, Ivan Kozhevin, to Alexander I, 1812, AHD, v.
3, 314-5 |
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Ivan Kozhevin was the great-grandson of the priest Ioann Kozhevin who
accompanied the Russian mission to China in 1721 and later settled in Siberia.
As a highly trained cartographer and translator of the Tungus and Yakut
languages, Ivan Kozhevin participated in expeditions to the regions of Okhotsk,
Iakutsk, and Irkutsk. In this petition he requests that he be paid a salary
still owed to him and that his great-grandfather's lands be returned to his
family. |
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Register of Kozhevin's invoices and expenses,
1812
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Among his many services, Kozhevin lists various charts and maps that he made
for Rezanov and Count Rumiantsev. |