This collection is located on-site.
Copies of letters from Alexander II to Prince Aleksandr Ivanovich Bariatinskii, Russian viceroy in the Caucasus and boyhood friend of Alexander II. The letters are written in an unknown, but apparently contemporary hand, and are in a single letterbook (with typed copies).
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Alexander II Letters to A. I. Bariatinskii; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Letters: Source of acquisition--Princess Volkonskai︠a︡. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1959.
Rieber, Alfred. The Politics of Autocracy: letters of Alexander II to Prince A.I. Bari︠a︡tinskiĭ, 1857-1864. -- Paris, 1966.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Letters Accessioned 1959.
Letters Processed RS 12/--/78.
Letters Recon JCA 11/13/84.
Formerly part of Bakhmeteff (BAR) Bound Manuscripts with Coll No. BAR Ms. 1
2020-01-10 PDF removed. kws
2021-06-18 Authorities and notes revised, updated and expanded. ksd
2021-08-06 new collection number was assigned and the collection was rehoused as a part of the project of integrating BAR bound manuscript and BAR Gen Ms into BAR manuscript collection. ksd
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| Bari︠a︡tinskiĭ, Aleksandr Ivanovich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1815-1879 | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |
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| Russia -- Politics and government -- 1855-1881 | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |