Title	Letter by Veniaminov, dated July [June] 1828 to Archbishop Michael of Irkutsk. [16 pages]
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Identifier	ASL-MS4-02-3b-4
Collection Name	Papers of Saint Innokentii [Ivan Veniaminov], 1835-1918. ASL-MS-4-2-3b
Description	ASL-MS4-2-3b-4 Item 4 Physical description: [16]p. Letter by Veniaminov, dated July [June] 1828 to Archbishop Michael of Irkutsk. Interpretation by Lydia Black, 1975. Supplemental information by Tonya Stepanova, April 2006. Copy of letter from Veniaminov to Archbishop Michael of Irkutsk. Written July [June] 1828, recd. Sept. 1829, copied from original Nov. 1829. Hand written copy of the letter by Veniaminov to Michall, Archbishop of Irkatsk. This letter contains a record of a conversation Veniaminov had with an Aleut named Ivan Smirenlikov of Akun. The record provides extremely valuable input into Aleut (pre-contact) worldview. In the left hand corner is a seal. Note 1: This letter is the enclosure missing for the Veniaminov’s papers (Folios I-II) presently located at St. Herman, Kodiak. The folios contain a covering letter to Archbishop Michael on this matter. Note 2: The precise heading the letter this reads: Copy of a letter written by the Priest of Unalaska Church Joann [Ivan] Venimenov in June 1828 to his Reverence Michael of Irkutsk, received by the latter on 9th September 1829 and by ME in original on November 2nd It is not known at this ME in the above paragraph is . Note 3: appended note in ink by staff read Published in xx (?) , I. Pisna Iano Kentiya 1828-1855- Vol 1, 1897 Collection Description: Papers of Saint Innokentii [Ivan Veniaminov] and others from the Eastern Orthodox Church [Russian], 1835-1918 Summary of Papers of Saint Innokentii [Ivan Veniaminov]: Includes correspondence, instructions on missionary conduct, consecration and ordination papers of Innokentii, reports, memos, copybook, and Aleut translations; correspondents include: Tikhov [?], Bishop of the Aleutians and North America, Filip Kopylov, and Archimandrite Nikodim [?], Abbot of the Ascension Monastery, Irkutsk.
Creator	Innokentii, Saint, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1797-1879
Subject.TGM	Correspondence Missionaries Missions Orthodox churches Documents Clergy
Subject.LCSH	Correspondence Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America. Diocese of Alaska Missions and Missionaries Missionaries--Alaska
Subject.Local	Alaska Natives Alaska Natives--Aleutian Islands Alaska Natives--Aleutian Islands--Unangan (Aleut)
Personal Name	Innokentii, Saint, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1797-1879
Corporate Name	Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America. Diocese of Alaska Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkov´
Region	Alaska Outside Alaska
Time Period	1741 to 1867
Date.original	1828
Type	Text (Monographs) Text (Letters)
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Language	Russian
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Letter by Veniaminov, dated July [June] 1828 to Archbishop Michael of Irkutsk. [16 pages]

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