Title Letters from the governor's wife : a view of Russian Alaska, 1859-1862 / edited by Annie Constance Christensen ; with an introduction and an epilogue by Annie Constance Christensen and Peter Ulf Møller

Published Århus : Aarhus University Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (275 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Beringiana ; v. 3 Beringiana ; v. 3. Contents Front Matter; Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of contents; Editor's preface; Introduction; An arranged marriage; Russians in the New World; The penultimate governor; Anna Furuhjelm's Letters; No 1 Henriksdal February 2nd 1859; No 2 Fredrichshamn February 4th 1859; No 3 St. Petersburg February 6th 1859; No 4 St. Petersburg February 9th 1859; No 5 St. Petersburg February 11th 1859; No 6 St. Petersburg February 13th 1859; No 7 St. Petersburg February 16th 1859; No 8 St. Petersburg February 19th 1859; No 9 St. Petersburg February 21st 1859; No 10 St. Petersburg February 23rd 1859 No 11 St. Petersburg February 25th 1859No 12 Dunaburg February 27th 1859; No 13 Warsaw March 4th 1859; No 14 Dresden March 7th 1859; No 15 Dresden March 13th 1859; No 16 London March 19th 1859; No 17 Cheltenham March 21st 1859; No 18 London March 27th 1859; No 19 Woodside April 1st 1859; No 20 On board "Magdalena" Atlantic April 13th 1859; No 21 On board HM Ship "Trent" April 25th 1859; No 22 Panama April 29th 1859; No 23 San Francisco May 18th 1859; No 24 San Francisco May 29th 1859; No 26 Sitka July 3rd 1859; No 25 Sitka 5th 1859; No 27 Sitka August 6th 1859; No 28 Sitka September 21st 1859 No 29 Sitka October 20th 1859No 30 Sitka December 4th 1859; No 31 Sitka February 2nd 1860; No 33 Sitka April 6th 1860; No 34 Sitka April 26th 1860; No 35 Sitka May 5th 1860; No 36 Kodiak June 20th 1860; No 37 Kodiak July 24th 1860; No 38 Sitka September 18th 1860; No 39 Sitka October 16th 1860; No 40 Sitka December 7th 1860; No 41 Sitka New Year's day 1861; No 42 Sitka May 3rd 1861; No 43 Sitka May 22nd 1861; No 44 Sitka May 26 1861; No 45 Sitka July 7th 1861; No 46 Sitka September 25th 1861; No 47 Sitka December 29th 1861; No 48 San Francisco February 2nd 1862; No 49 Sitka March 26th 1862 No 50 Sitka April 28th 1862No 52 Sitka September 21st 1862; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index of names Summary When Johan Furuhjelm was offered the governorship of Russian America in 1858, the 37-year-old Finnish officer found himself in a quandary. He needed a wife to support him in the new post. Anna von Schoultz was chosen. The letters that she wrote from Siberia make up the present book and provide the reader with a fascinating portrait of private and public life in Alaska Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-261) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Furuhjelm, Anna, 1836-1894 -- Correspondence Von Schoultz, Ann Cordelia, 1813-1862 -- Correspondence Furuhjelm, Johan Hampus, 1821-1909. Furuhjelm, Anna, 1836-1894 Furuhjelm, Johan Hampus, 1821-1909 Von Schoultz, Ann Cordelia, 1813-1862 Furuhjelm, Anna. Governors' spouses -- Alaska -- Correspondence Russians -- Alaska -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Russians -- Alaska -- Biography HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. Governors' spouses Manners and customs Russians Russians -- Social life and customs Alaska -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Sitka (Alaska) -- Biography Alaska Alaska -- Sitka Alaska Genre/Form Biographies Personal correspondence Form Electronic book Author Christensen, Annie Constance, 1937- Møller, Peter Ulf. LC no. 2006499934 ISBN 9788779349056 8779349056

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