Papers, 28 ft. and 17 vols. Statesman and diplomat. In 1813 he served as U.S. envoy to St. Petersburg to negotiate peace with England under Russian mediation. Includes letters from George W. Campbell, minister to Russia, 6 November 1818 and 26 October 1819. Other correspondents, primarily 1780–1849, were: John Quincy Adams, John Jacob Astor, Andre de Dashkoff, Comte N. P. de Romanzoff, and Madame de Stael (at one time an exile in Russia). The materials discuss European affairs, Polish relief in 1834, and an American-Russian commercial treaty, 1813–14.
Charles Heartmann
Collection, 1770s-1870s, ca. 4,000 items. Includes 3 letters exchanged between Karl Robert Nesselrode, Russian foreign minister, and William Pinkney, U.S. minister to Russia, ca. January 1817, concerning a crime of theft.
Christopher Hughes (1786-1849)
Correspondence, 1815–27, 21 items. Diplomat. Letters from Stockholm and Brussels, mostly to Albert Gallatin. References to Russia.
David Parish (d. 1826)
Letterbooks, 1802–16, 7 vols. Merchant. Among his correspondents were the Brothers Cramer in St. Petersburg.
Edward Wyer
Letterbook, 1813–16, 1 vol., 179 pp., and correspondence, 1825–38, 15 items. American consul in the port of Riga, September 1813-March 1816. Contains copies of letters he wrote during this period. They touch on such questions as debt settlements, difficulties in obtaining passage to the U.S., his low opinion of Russians (and of Levett Harris, U.S. charge d'affaires in St. Petersburg), his brief partnership with a St. Petersburg merchant named John Venning, and other personal matters, especially his complaints and animosities. Correspondents include Harris, James Monroe, John Graham, John D. Lewis, Henry Clay, various naval officers, friends at home, and people in Europe.
Francis Dana (1743-1811)
Correspondence, 1778–87, 21 items. Diplomat and jurist, U.S. minister to Russia. Drafts of 11 letters he wrote to Robert R. Livingston while in Russia, 1781–83, some quite lengthy. Livingston was secretary for foreign affairs. 10 other letters, 1778–87.
George Coggleshall (1784-1861)
Life and voyages, 1799–1846, 2 vols. Includes account of his stay in Riga during the winter of 1810–11.
George Newbold (d. 1858)
Papers, 1801–58, ca. 2,900 items and 19 vols. Merchant and banker. Includes some letters from Charles S. Todd in St. Petersburg.
George Washington Campbell (1769-1848)
Correspondence, 1808–20, 14 items. U.S. secretary of the treasury, minister to Russia in the reign of Alexander I. Letters to Albert Gallatin discuss Russian affairs.
Hendricks Family
Papers, ca. 1790–1938, ca. 12 ft. and 30 vols. Includes papers of Harmon Hendricks (1771–1838), a New York merchant and copper entrepreneur. His business correspondence, office files, and account books, late 1790s-early 1800s, reveal aspects of his trade in Russian linen and sheeting.
Henry C. McLean (1887-1955)
Diaries, 1940–45, 4 vols. U.S. army intelligence officer. First volume, February-June 1940, includes comments on the attitude of Asians toward the U.S., Britain, Russia, etc.
Hoyt and Meacham Families
Correspondence, 1830–70, ca. 700 items. Includes some correspondence, 1860s, from Timothy Smith in Odessa, Russia.
Isaac Hicks (1767-1820)
Papers, 1791–1808, ca. 30 ft. and ca. 40 vols. Quaker merchant. Correspondence and other items relate to his trade dealings with Russia in 1799 and 1803–1806.
Joel Root (b. 1770)
Seaman. An account, 1 vol., of his sealing voyage to St. Petersburg, etc. and return, 1802–1806.
John Ledyard (1751-1789)
Papers, 1772–91, 22 items. Explorer, traveler in Siberia. Includes 6 letters to Thomas Jefferson concerning his explorations.
Jonathan Ogden
Business records, 1800–24, ca. 9 vols. Merchant. Letterbook for September 1811-April 1817 includes frequent correspondence with Vincent Lassalette in St. Petersburg. Available on microfilm.
Levett Harris
Correspondence, 1804–19, 12 items. U.S. consular official in St. Petersburg. Primarily letters to or from Albert Gallatin, secretary of the treasury in 1802–14. Most date from 1813–14.
Maltby Gelston
Collection, 1806–10, 1 vol. New York notary public. Book of protests (37 in all) made by ships' masters arriving in New York. Protests record details of voyages and damage to ship and cargo. Some relate to Cronstadt. (Marine Protests)
Naval History Society
Generic, not integral, collection. Includes an ALS, 12 October 1839, to James Barnes from George Washington Whistler, introducing a Colonel Melnikov of the Russian engineers.
Neill S. Brown
U.S. minister to Russia. ALS, 25 October 1850, from him to A. O. P. Nicholson, describing St. Petersburg and Moscow, the weather and the people.
Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr. (1897-1975)
Robert Fulton Collection, 1764–1857, ca. 215 items. Includes letter, 24 February 1810, from Fulton to Andre de Dashkoff; letter, 26 July 1812, from Fulton to Chevalier Svinin about the development of Fulton's steamboats in Russia; and letter, 28 July 1815, from John Q. Adams to Levett Harris in St. Petersburg enclosing a letter from William Cutting, Fulton's executor, asking that Fulton's grant for constructing steamboats in Russia be confirmed for the benefit of his family.
Robert R. Livingston Family
Papers, ca. 1685–1885, ca. 65 ft. and 100+ vols. Primarily papers of Robert R. Livingston (1746–1818), member of the Continental Congress and secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Includes instructions to Francis Dana as minister to Russia, 1781–83, and related items.
Rufus King (1755-1827)
Papers, 1785–1826, 12 ft. and ca. 66 vols. American statesman and diplomat, minister to Great Britain in 1796–1803 and 1825–26. Includes correspondence concerning the 1799 commercial treaty negotiations (abortive) and letters to him from Joseph A. Smith in Russia.
Russian Fleet in New York
Collection, 1863, 50 items. Letters from public officials, military officers, and leading citizens, responding to invitations issued by a reception committee to accompany an admiral and officers of the Russian fleet on a trip from New York City to Niagara Falls. Addressed to Watts Sherman, Daniel Drew, and J. C. Bancroft Davis, members of the committee.
Wickham Hoffman (1821-1900)
Papers, 1863–66, ca. 40 items. Army officer and diplomat. Contains a translation of the memoirs of the Countess Choiseul-Gouffier, which have been published in English, 1900, about Alexander I and the Russian court.
William Bainbridge (1774-1833)
Papers, 1800–33, ca. 100 items. Naval officer. Includes material relating to his stay in Russia in 1811.
William Darlington (1782-1863)
Papers, ca. 1800–63, ca. 3,300 items. Physician and botanist. Among his correspondents was Professor Fischer of St. Petersburg, with whom he exchanged 5 letters, 1800–63.
