Epistulae 1: Letters sent by M.A. Castrén
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Edited by Timo Salminen & Juha Janhunen.
Manuscripta Castreniana, Personalia I,1. 851 pp.
ISBN 978-952-7262-25-2 (print)
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Description
M.A. Castrén continued the European tradition of expeditions in Russia but he was also able to fulfil the needs of the Imperial Russian administration for information about the Empire as well as the Finnish national movement’s request to explore the history of the Finnish people. Being far away from home brought about a massive need for him to stay in contact both with friends and relatives in Finland and with colleagues and official authorities at the Russian Academy of Sciences. The present volume brings together all the currently known letters written by Castrén, both official and unofficial (except his correspondence with his fiancée and future wife Natalia Tengström, which will be published in Epistulae 2). Most of the letters date from the years he spent in the field, but there are also letters written in Finland before and after his expeditions. Altogether, this volume contains 231 letters and some drafts written by Castrén in the 20-year period between 1832 and 1852.
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Contents
Manuscripta Castreniana: A General Preface to the Series by Juha Janhunen
Editors’ Foreword by Timo Salminen and Juha Janhunen
Matthias Alexander Castrén’s letters, transferring information and discussing ideas by Timo Salminen
Recipients of M.A. Castrén’s letters by Timo Salminen
Matthias Alexander Castrén:
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Letters written in 1832
1 Helsinki, 9 April 1832, to the Senate of the Imperial Alexander University
2 Uskela, 10 July 1832, to Johan Abraham Fellman
3 Helsinki, 3 September 1832, to Johan Abraham Fellman
Letters written in 1833
4 Helsinki, 7 January 1833, to Johan Abraham Fellman
5 Helsinki, 14 February 1833, to Johan Abraham Fellman
6 Helsinki, 26 May 1833, to Jacob Fellman
7 Helsinki, 31 October 1833, to Johan Abraham Fellman
Letter written in 1834
8 S.d. 1834, to the Senate of the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki
Letter written in 1835
9 S.d. 1835, to the Senate of the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki
Letters written in 1836
10 [Helsinki, c. April 1836], to Johan Abraham Fellman
11 Helsinki, 7 May 1836, to Johan Abraham Fellman
Letters written in 1838
12 Muonio, July 1838, to Knut Felix von Willebrand
13 Helsinki, 25 September 1838, to Carl Robert Ehrström
14 Helsinki, 27 September 1838, to Anders Johan Sjögren
15 Helsinki, 30 October 1838, to Anders Johan Sjögren
16 Helsinki, 15 December 1838, to Jacob Fellman
Letters written in 1839
17 Helsinki, 23 September 1839, to Carl Robert Ehrström
18 S.d. [December 1839], to the Faculty of Arts at the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki
Letters written in 1840
19 S.d. [probably February 1840], to Elias Lönnrot
20 Helsinki, 2 February 1840, to Carl Robert Ehrström
21 Helsinki, 12 March 1840, to Jacob Fellman
22 Helsinki, 22 March 1840, to Jacob Fellman
23 S.d. [27 March 1840], to the Chapter of the Bishopric of Porvoo
Letters written in 1841
25 13 March [1841], to an unidentified recipient
26 Helsinki, 14 June 1841, to Carl Robert Ehrström
27 Helsinki, 17 June 1841, to Gabriel Rein
28 Helsinki, 22 June 1841, to the Senate of the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki
29 Koski/Turku Province, 24 July 1841, to Elias Lönnrot
30 Kemi, 17 August [1841], to Carl Robert Ehrström
31 Kemi, 14 September 1841, Elias Lönnrot
32 Kemi, 16 September 1841, to Frans Johan Rabbe
33 Kemi, 12 October 1841, to Elias Lönnrot
34 October 1841, to the Faculty of Arts at the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki
35 Kemi, 11 November 1841, to Knut Felix von Willebrand
Letters written in 1842
36 Inari, 3 February 1842, to Knut Felix von Willebrand
37 Inari, 12 February 1842, to Alexander Blomqvist
38 Inari, 13 February 1842, to Frans Johan Rabbe
39 Inari, 14 February 1842, to Anders Johan Sjögren
40 Kola, 23 March/4 April 1842, to Anders Johan Sjögren
41 Kola, 23 March/4 April 1842, to Knut Felix von Willebrand
42 Kemʹ, [2?/]14 May 1842, to Frans Johan Rabbe
43 Arxangelʹsk, [21 May/?]2 June 1842, to Anders Johan Sjögren
44 Arxangelʹsk, 13/25 June 1842, to Frans Johan Rabbe
45 Arxangelʹsk, 14/26 June 1842, to Anders Johan Sjögren
46 Arxangelʹsk, 16/28 June 1842, to Alexander Blomqvist
47 Arxangelʹsk, 9/21 July 1842, to Frans Johan Rabbe
48 Arxangelʹsk, 23 July/4 August and Uemskij, 26 July/7 August 1842, to Anders Johan Sjögren
49 Uemskij, 4/16 August 1842, Frans Johan Rabbe
50 Uemskij, [13?]/25 August 1842, to Frans Johan Rabbe
51 Arxangelʹsk, [19 September?]/1 October 1842, to Anders Johan Sjögren
52 Arxangelʹsk, 22 September/4 October 1842, to Fabian Collan
53 Arxangelʹsk, 23 September/5 October 1842, to Frans Johan Rabbe
54 S.d. 1842, to the Senate of the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki
55 Arxangelʹsk, 5/17 October 1842, to Anders Johan Sjögren
56 Arxangelʹsk, 21 October/2 November 1842, to Frans Johan Rabbe
57 Arxangelʹsk, 1/13 November 1842, to Anders Johan Sjögren
58 Arxangelʹsk, 1/13 November 1842, to Alexander Armfelt
59 Mezenʹ, 5/17 December 1842, to Anders Johan Sjögren
60 Mezenʹ, 5/17 December 1842, to Frans Johan Rabbe
Letters written in 1843
61 Pustozërsk, 11/23 March 1843, to Frans Johan Rabbe
62 Ižma, [19 April?]/1 May 1843, to Frans Johan Rabbe
63 Ižma, [19 April?]/1 May 1843, to Fabian Collan
64 Ižma, 18/30 May 1843, to Anders Johan Sjögren
65 Ižma, 11/23 June 1843, to Elias Lönnrot
66 Ižma, 11/23 June 1843, to Frans Johan Rabbe
67 Kolva, 27 August/8 September 1843, to Anders Johan Sjögren
68 Kolva, 3/15 September 1843, to Frans Johan Rabbe
69 Obdorsk, 2/14 November 1843, to Anders Johan Sjögren
70 Obdorsk, 2/14 November 1843, to Frans Johan Rabbe
71 Obdorsk, 12/24 December 1843, to Jacob Fellman
Letters written in 1844
72 Obdorsk, 1/13 January 1844, to Frans Johan Rabbe
73 Berëzov, 28 February/11 March 1844, to Anders Johan Sjögren
74 Berëzov, 28 February/11 March 1844, to Frans Johan Rabbe
75 S.d., to the Senate of the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki
76 Berëzov, 4/16 March 1844, to Anders Johan Sjögren
77 Tobolʹsk, 12/24 March 1844, to Anders Johan Sjögren
78 Tobolʹsk, 12/24 March 1844, to Frans Johan Rabbe
79 Helsinki, 22 May 1844, Anders Johan Sjögren
80 Helsinki, 2 June 1844, to the Faculty of Arts at the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki
81 Helsinki, 8 June 1844, to Anders Johan Sjögren
82 Helsinki, 24 June 1844, to Jacob Fellman
83 Helsinki, 25 June 1844, to Anders Johan Sjögren
84 Koski/Turku Province, 13 July 1844, to Fabian Collan
85 Helsinki, 3 August 1844, to Anders Johan Sjögren
86 Helsinki, 28 September 1844, to the Imperial Academy of Sciences/Paul Heinrich von Fuss
87 Helsinki, 28 September 1844, to Anders Johan Sjögren
88 Helsinki, 16 October 1844, to Anders Johan Sjögren
89 Helsinki, 18 October 1844, to Fabian Collan
90 Helsinki, 18 October 1844, to Johan Vilhelm Snellman
91 Helsinki, 23 November 1844, to Anders Johan Sjögren
92 Helsinki, 30 November 1844, to Fabian Collan
93 Helsinki, 25 December 1844, to Adolf Edvard Arppe
94 Helsinki, 29 December 1844, to Anders Johan Sjögren
Letters written in 1845
95 Helsinki, 7 February 1845, to Jacob Fellman
96 St Petersburg, 10/22 March 1845, to Frans Johan Rabbe
97 St Petersburg, 11/23 March 1845, to Frans Johan Rabbe
98 Kazanʹ, 30 March/12 April 1845, to Anders Johan Sjögren
99 Kazanʹ, 26 April/8 May 1845, to Anders Johan Sjögren
100 Kazanʹ, 29 April/11 May 1845, to Frans Johan Rabbe
101 Kazanʹ, 29 April/11 May 1845, to Elias Lönnrot
102 Kazanʹ, 29 April/11 May 1845, to Knut Felix von Willebrand
103 Tobolʹsk, 23 May/4 June 1845, to the Imperial Academy of Sciences
104 Tobolʹsk, 23 May/4 June 1845, to Anders Johan Sjögren
105 Tobolʹsk, 23 May/4 June 1845, to Frans Johan Rabbe
106 Samarovo, 24 June/6 July 1845, to Frans Johan Rabbe
107 Samarovo, 24 June/6 July 1845, to Frans Johan Rabbe
108 Skripunovo (Toropkowa), 4/16 July 1845, to Anders Johan Sjögren
109 Tschebakowa, 25 July/6 August 1845, to Frans Johan Rabbe
110 Surgut, 20 August 1845, to Lars Magnus Castrén
111 Surgut, 12/24 August 1845, to the Imperial Academy of Sciences/Paul Heinrich von Fuss
112 Surgut, 12/24 August 1845, to Anders Johan Sjögren
113 Surgut, 13/25 August 1845, to Elias Lönnrot
114 Surgut, 28 August/9 September 1845, to Anders Johan Sjögren
115 Surgut, 28 August/9 September 1845, to the Imperial Academy of Sciences/Paul Heinrich von Fuss
116 Surgut, 10/22 September 1845, to Johan Robert Tengström
117 Surgut, 10/22 September 1845, to Frans Johan Rabbe
118 Narym, 1/13 November 1845, to Elias Lönnrot
119 Narym, 4/16 November 1845, to Fabian Collan
120 Narym, 6/18 November 1845, to Johan Robert Tengström
121 Narym, 6/18 November 1845, to Frans Johan Rabbe
122 Narym, 1/13 December 1845, to Anders Johan Sjögren
123 Narym, 1/13 December 1845, to Frans Johan Rabbe
124 Togur, 12/24 December 1845, to Fabian Collan
125 S.d. 1845, to the Tomsk Governorate Postal Office
Letters written in 1846
126 Togur, 11/23 January 1846, to Frans Johan Rabbe
127 Tomsk, 5/17 March 1846, to the Imperial Academy of Sciences/Paul Heinrich von Fuss
128 Tomsk, 5/17 March 1846, to Anders Johan Sjögren
129 Tomsk, 5/17 March 1846, to Johan Vilhelm Snellman
130 Tomsk, 5/17 March 1846, to Frans Johan Rabbe
131 Tomsk, 5/17 March 1846, to Frans Johan Rabbe
132 Tomsk, 6/18 March 1846, to Johan Robert Tengström
133 Enisejsk, 20 March/1 April 1846, to Elias Lönnrot
134 Enisejsk, 20 March/1 April 1846, to Frans Johan Rabbe
135 Makovskoe, 3/15 April 1846, to Anders Johan Sjögren
136 Makovskoe, 3/15 April 1846, to Frans Johan Rabbe
137 Enisejsk, 8/20 May 1846, to Fabian Collan
138 Enisejsk, 15/27 May 1846, to Frans Johan Rabbe
139 Enisejsk, 16/28 May 1846, to the Imperial Academy of Sciences/Paul Heinrich von Fuss
140 Enisejsk, 16/28 May 1846, to Anders Johan Sjögren
141 S.d., possibly c. 1846, to Carl Gustaf Zetterquist
142 Turuxansk, 28 June/10 July 1846, to Frans Johan Rabbe
143 Turuxansk, 28 June/10 July 1846, to Elias Lönnrot
144 Turuxansk, 6/18 July 1846, to the Imperial Academy of Sciences/Paul Heinrich von Fuss
145 Turuxansk, 13/25 July 1846, to Frans Johan Rabbe
146 Turuxansk, 17/29 July 1846, to Anders Johan Sjögren
147 Turuxansk, 17/29 July 1846, to Fabian Collan
148 Dudinka, 10/22 November 1846, to Anders Johan Sjögren
149 Dudinka, 10/22 November 1846, to Frans Johan Rabbe
Letters written in 1847
151 Turuxansk, 11/23 January 1847, to Frans Johan Rabbe
152 Turuxansk, 11/23 January 1847, to Anders Johan Sjögren
153 Turuxansk, 12/24 January 1847, to the Imperial Academy of Sciences/Paul Heinrich von Fuss
154 Turuxansk, [12/24] January 1847, to Anders Johan Sjögren
155 Nazimovo, 22 February/6 March 1847, to Anders Johan Sjögren
156 Nazimovo, 22 February/6 March 1847, to Elias Lönnrot
157 Nazimovo, 22 February/6 March 1847, to Frans Johan Rabbe
158 Enisejsk, 22 March/3 April 1847, to Anders Johan Sjögren
159 Enisejsk, 22 March/3 April 1847, to Fabian Collan
160 Enisejsk, 1/13 April 1847, to Frans Johan Rabbe
161 Minusinsk, 20 April/2 May 1847, to Anders Johan Sjögren
162 Minusinsk, 22 April/4 May 1847, to Frans Johan Rabbe
163 Šušenskoe, 15/27 June 1847, to the Imperial Academy of Sciences/Paul Heinrich von Fuss
164 Šušenskoe, 15–17/27–29 June 1847, to Anders Johan Sjögren
165 Šušenskoe, 17/29 June 1847, to Frans Johan Rabbe
166 [Tesʹ], 23 June/5 July 1847, to Lars Magnus Castrén
167 Karatuzskoe (Schadatska förposten) 5/17 July 1847, to Anders Johan Sjögren
168 Tesʹ, 5/17 August 1847, to Anders Johan Sjögren
169 Tesʹ, 5/17 August 1847, to Frans Johan Rabbe
170 Minusinsk, 5/17 September 1847, to Anders Johan Sjögren
171 Minusinsk, 5/17 September 1847, to Frans Johan Rabbe
172 Krasnojarsk, 23 September/5 October 1847, to Elias Lönnrot
173 Anža, 11/23 October 1847, to Anders Johan Sjögren
174 Anža, 5/17 November 1847, to Frans Johan Rabbe
175 Agulʹsk, 1/13 December 1847, to Anders Johan Sjögren
Letters written in 1848
176 Nižneudinsk, 6/18 January 1848, to Frans Johan Rabbe
177 Nižneudinsk, 14/26 January 1848, to Anders Johan Sjögren
178 Irkutsk, 27 February/10 March 1848, to Frans Johan Rabbe
179 Irkutsk, 27 February/10 March 1848, to David Emanuel Daniel Europaeus
180 Irkutsk, 1/13 March 1848, to Anders Johan Sjögren
181 Irkutsk, 1/13 March 1848, to Jacob Fellman
182 Kjaxta, 22 March/3 April 1848, to Frans Johan Rabbe
183 Nerčinskij zavod, 18/30 May 1848, to Anders Johan Sjögren
184 Čita, 3/15 July 1848, to Anders Johan Sjögren
185 Čita, 3/15 July 1848, to Frans Johan Rabbe
186 Irkutsk, 12/24 August 1848, to Anders Johan Sjögren
187 S.d. [Irkutsk, 12/24 August 1848], to Frans Johan Rabbe
188 Krasnojarsk, 3/15 November 1848, to Anders Johan Sjögren 699
189 Krasnojarsk, 3/15 November, 1848, to Frans Johan Rabbe
190 Krasnojarsk, 3/15 November 1848, to Gabriel Rein
191 Omsk, 2/14 December 1848, to Frans Johan Rabbe
Letters written in 1849
192 Ufa, 21 December 1848/2 January 1849, to Anders Johan Sjögren
193 Helsinki, 8 March 1849, to Anders Johan Sjögren
194 Helsinki, 29 March 1849, to Anders Johan Sjögren
195 Helsinki, 4 April 1849, to Johan Vilhelm Snellman
196 Helsinki, [8 April 1849], to Elias Lönnrot
197 Helsinki, 25 April 1849, to Anders Johan Sjögren
198 Helsinki, 7 May 1849, to Johan Abraham Fellman
199 Helsinki, 10 May 1849, to Elias Lönnrot
200 Helsinki, 10 June 1849, to Anders Johan Sjögren
201 Helsinki, 9 July 1849, to Anders Johan Sjögren
202 Helsinki, 26 July 1849, to Elias Lönnrot
203 Helsinki, 7 September 1849, to Elias Lönnrot
204 Helsinki, 10 October 1849, to Anders Johan Sjögren
205 Helsinki, 23 November 1849, to Anders Johan Sjögren
206 Helsinki, 10 December 1849, to Elias Lönnrot
Letters written in 1850
207 Helsinki, 20 January 1850, to Elias Lönnrot
208 Helsinki, 21 January 1850, to Anders Johan Sjögren
209 Helsinki, 2 April 1850, to Anders Johan Sjögren
210 Helsinki, 4 April 1850, to Elias Lönnrot
211 Helsinki, 28 April 1850, to Carl Robert Ehrström
212 Helsinki, 10 May 1850, to Anders Johan Sjögren
213 Helsinki, 25 May 1850, to Anders Johan Sjögren
214 Helsinki, 4 July 1850, to Jacob Fellman
215 Botby, 31 July 1850, to Anders Johan Sjögren
216 Helsinki, 28 October 1850, to Anders Johan Sjögren
Letters written in 1851
217 Helsinki, 13 January 1851, to Anders Johan Sjögren
218 Helsinki, 4 February 1851, to Anders Johan Sjögren
219 Helsinki, 12 March 1851, to Anders Johan Sjögren
220 Helsinki, April 1851, to the Imperial Alexander University in Helsinki
221 Helsinki, April 1851, to the Treasury of the Province of Uusimaa
222 Helsinki, 26 April 1851, to Anders Johan Sjögren
223 Helsinki, 2 June 1851, to Anders Johan Sjögren
224 [Botby], 23 July [probably 1851], to Knut Felix von Willebrand
225 Rasböle, 1 August 1851, to Gabriel Rein
226 S.l., [September 1851], to Augusta Pipping
227 Helsinki, 3 October 1851, to Elias Lönnrot
228 Helsinki, 5 November 1851, to Anders Johan Sjögren
229 Helsinki, 8 December 1851, to Anders Johan Sjögren
Letters written in 1852
230 Helsinki, 3 February 1852, to Anders Johan Sjögren
231 Helsinki, 24 February 1852, to Anders Johan Sjögren