Topic: Archives
The archive of the Livonian Governor General
At present I have covered the following Tartu volumes:
EAA.278.1.XIX-68 (Letters from Governors and garrison commanders at Narva 1691-1699)
EAA.278.1.XIX-74 (Letters to Paul von Strokirch 1699-1702)
EAA.278.1.XX-18 (Letters concerning the war in Livonia 1700-1709)
EAA.278.1.XX-19 (Letters from Livonian clergymen 1700-1707)
EAA.278.1.XX-21b (Miscellaneous letters to Erik Dahlbergh 1700-1702)
EAA.278.1.XX-31 (Miscellaneous letters about the war in Courland 1701-1708)
Of the Riga volumes:
LVVA, fond 7349, op. 1, vol. 272 (Letters from various officers 1700-1703)
LVVA, fond 7349, op. 1, vol. 275 (Letters from naval officers & others 1700-1709
LVVA, fond 7349, op. 1, vol. 290 (Letters from the border 1699-1703)
LVVA, fond 7349, op. 1, vol. 291 (Letters concerning the war in Livonia 1700-1703)
LVVA, fond 7349, op. 1. vol. 292 (Letters concerning the war in Livonia 1703-1708)
LVVA, fond 7349, op. 1, vol. 293 (Miscellaneous letters 1695-1700)
LVVA, fond 7349, op. 1, vol. 294 (Letters to Erik Dahlbergh 1700-1702)
All in all about 1,870 letters and other documents. These volumes are, as I am sure I have mentioned earlier, not always what they appear to be from the old descriptions but they are all of the "miscellaneous kind". Letters from more prominent correspondents such as for example Henning Rudolf Horn in Narva, Carl Gustaf Skytte in Dorpat and Major General Schlippenbach are usually found in specific volumes. Letters from less well-known figures may turn up anywhere, despite the efforts by Bienemann & others to bring some sort of order to the collection.
