GO THE TREATIES OF 1824 AND 1825. 



Russia's oi>irct jp ]ij,^ commumcatiou of July 18, 1822, to the 



in excliitliiig Lev- J ' ' 



oftrStVeTi'4siu-2 ^^^^'^ ^^ administration wrote, in view of a pro- 

 (iilstry. "' "^ "^' posed modification of the ukase, as follows: 

 "x\t the same time I am authorized to assure you 

 that every effort will be made to secure the adop- 

 tion of such rules as will effectually protect the 

 Russian American Company from inroads on the 

 part of foreigners upon their vested privileges, 

 in strict conformity not only with the privileges 

 granted by highest act, but also with the edict 

 of September 4, 1821." ^ 



Under date of April 11, 1824, Count Nessel- 

 rode, Chancellor of the Empire, wrote to N. S. 

 Mordvinof, of the board of administration, in 

 part as follows: "It is hardly necessary for me 

 to repeat that in all these negotiations ^vith 

 England we have recognized, and always will 

 recognize, the paramount importance of the 

 interests of the Russian American Company in 

 this matter."^ 



Under date of August 18, 1824, Count Nessel- 

 rode, in communicating the report of the com- 

 mittee, already noticed, to the Minister of Finance, 

 wrote: ^'I flatter myself with the thought that 

 these documents will convince you, most gra- 

 cious sir, as well as the board of administration of 



' Vol. I, p. 63. 

 sVol. I, p. 65. 



