Yudin collection of Russian-American Company records, 1783-1946

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		Tables concerning taxes, gold, silver, money, etc., Oct. 3, 1797 (Letters concerning gifts to the Imperial University at Dorpat) (continued)
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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
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
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
BOX 3 REEL 1		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
BOX 3 REEL 1		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
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
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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BOX 3 REEL 1		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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BOX 3 REEL 1		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).
BOX 3 REEL 1		Cargo list, Sept. 1, 1804 (Cargo lists and documents concerning the operations of the Russian-American Company and China)
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BOX 3 REEL 1		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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BOX 3 REEL 1		Cargo list, Sept. 1, 1806 (Cargo lists and documents concerning the operations of the Russian-American Company and China)
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BOX 3 REEL 1		Chinese goods, Sept. 1, 1806 (Cargo lists and documents concerning the operations of the Russian-American Company and China)
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BOX 3 REEL 1		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.
BOX 3 REEL 1		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
BOX 3 REEL 1		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.
BOX 3 REEL 1		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.
BOX 3 REEL 2	Various papers concerning the operations of the Russian-America Co., 1805-1806
BOX 3 REEL 2		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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BOX 3 REEL 2		History of operations of the Russian-American Company, after 1803 (Various papers concerning the operations of the Russian-American Company)
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BOX 3 REEL 2		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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BOX 3 REEL 2		Observation concerning the board's opinion, after 1798 (Various papers concerning the operations of the Russian-American Company)
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BOX 3 REEL 2		Note of Resignation, after 1800 (Various papers concerning the operations of the Russian-American Company)
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BOX 3 REEL 2		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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BOX 3 REEL 2		About the debts of the merchants Krupenin, 1806, Nov. 26 (Various papers concerning the operations of the Russian-American Company)
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BOX 3 REEL 2		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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BOX 3 REEL 2		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
BOX 3 REEL 2		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
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
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
BOX 3 REEL 2		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.
BOX 3 REEL 2	Petition from Kosmevin to the tsar, 1812
BOX 3 REEL 2		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.
BOX 3 REEL 2		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.