The papers are almost entirely concerned with Macartney's embassy to Russia in 1764-1767, and include notes, memoranda, drafts of the trade treaty he negotiated, and a final copy; accounts of travel in Russia and general descriptions of the country, including a treatise on the natural history of Siberia and fossils found there; descriptions of principal figures of the Russian Court and of court protocol; and copies of correspondence and The collection also contains a printed copy of a 1762 decree by Catherine II concerning Alexis Bestoucheff-Rumin; and a dispatch sent by Russia to China in 1792 during Macartney's mission in Peking. Accompanied by a microfilm of the Macartney Papers in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
Description:
George Macartney was born in Ireland and educated at Trinity College. In 1764, Lord Holland proposed him as envoy extraordinary to Saint Petersburg for the negotiation of a trade treaty. Knighted before departing England, Macartney returned in 1767 after concluding the treaty and receiving the Polish Order of the White Eagle. He spent much of the remainder of his career in colonial governorships, including that of Madras, and took his seat in the Irish Parliament in 1788. In 1792 he was sent as plenipotentiary on a mission to Peking, and upon his return from China undertook negotiations with the exiled Louis XVIII in Verona. Macartney thereafter retired from public life due to ill health. and In French and English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, Russia., Russia, and Siberia (Russia)
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796. and Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Diplomatic and consular service, British, Diplomatic and consular service, Russian, Diplomats, Commerce, Foreign relations, Politics and government, Court and courtiers, and Description and travel
Book illustration set within a decorative frame, a depiction in an outdoor setting with trees of four Siberian women and one man shown seated or standing in native attire
Description:
Title from item., Lettered within top of frame: Engraved for Middleton's Complete system of geography., and Imprint from that of book.
Publisher:
J. Cooke
Subject (Geographic):
Siberia (Russia), Russia (Federation), and Siberia.
Photograph albums of the United States Revenue-Cutter Service in Alaska and Siberia
Image Count:
142
Abstract:
Photograph albums of images created by Alfred L. Broadbent of landscapes, wildlife, ships, and individuals primarily in Alaska and Siberia, ca. 1885-1892, and probably printed by the photograph gallery of Isaiah West Taber, San Francisco, California.
Description:
Manuscript captions on individual photographs.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska, British Columbia, Chernofsky Harbor (Alaska), Juan de Fuca, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.), Seattle (Wash.), Siberia (Russia), Sitka (Alaska), and Washintgon (State)
Subject (Topic):
Aleuts, Arctic peoples, Children, Dwellings, Eskimos, Glaciers, Indians of North America, Landscape photography, Salmon canning industry, Sealing, Ships, Totem poles, and Whaling
