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Register of goods for sale at Irkutsk,
1807, May 11 (Cargo lists and documents concerning the
operations of the Russian-American Company and China) (continued) |
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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
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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
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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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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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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
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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
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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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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
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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. |