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Elblag Town Records - Prussian Board of Elblag
Repository
Archiwum Państwowe w Gdańsku
State Archives in Gdansk
Gdansk,
Poland
www.gdansk.ap.gov.pl
Record group
| Elblag Town Records - Prussian Board of Elblag | ||
| Akta Magistratu miasta Elbląga | ||
| Reference code | : | PL/10/369/2 |
| Period | : | 1772-1945 |
| Extent | : | 11452 items, 151.20 metres |
Abstract
The record group includes: chronicles; descriptions of the history of Elblag; edicts and regulations of the King of Prussia related to political, juridical, commercial and and shipping issues; administrative correspondence; lists of prices of corn; and bills and payments from the Elblag town weight. Furthermore, the materials include papers concerning: sea trade and shipping; corn, ash, wood and canvas trade; harbour taxes; financial issues of the town council; guilds; reconstruction of landing piers in the Elblag harbour; customs and excise in Pilau (Baltijsk) and Elblag; ash warehouses in the Elblag harbour; cranes in the Elblag harbour; protection of sea trade by the Prussian Royal Navy; protection of the harbour and town by the Prussian army; churches; schools; debts of the town council; and factories and industry.
Relevant contents
| Period | : | 1681 - 1800 |
| Countries involved | : | Germany, Poland, Russia, Various countries |
| Languages | : | Low German |
Relevant materials include the following items (all nos. start with 369/2/):
- 4780-4784, 11422: Chronicles and descriptions of the history of the town and harbor in Elblag, 1775-1804.
- 4873-4878, 10438-11440, 11442: Edicts and regulations of the King of Prussia related to political, juridical, commercial and shipping issues, 1772-1805.
- 136a, 137, 142, 143, 640, 653, 659, 677, 932, 975, 989-991, 994-1001, 1034-1037, 1043, 1045-1049, 1054, 1060-1063, 2088-2090, 5200-5204, 5278-5298, 11418, 11465: Papers concerning the Town Financial Office and its law regulations, correspondence with the army, papers concerning taxes of emigrants, legacies and debts of the Town Council, and accounting books and bills, 1681-1682, 1772-1818.
- 2108-2114, 2116, 2117: Papers concerning taxes, excise and customs, correspondence on tax issues, 1772-1809.
- 709, 712: Papers concerning the maintenance of the harbour canal and the roadstead of Elblag harbour and the purchase and storage of wood for reconstruction of landing piers, 1785-1800.
- 713, 838, 993, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1985-1987, 2019, 2022, 2023, 11451: Papers concerning the controversies related to trade and lease issues with merchants and fishermen, commercial concessions and concessions to guilds, 1776-1806.
- 717, 725: Bills and payments of the Elblag town weight, 1773-1846.
- 1356, 1357, 1911, 1912, 6369-6373: Papers concerning the building of new market places and payments of market places to the financial office in Elblag, 1773-1800.
- 1372-1375: Papers concerning ferries in the Elblag harbour, 1715, 1773-1791.
- 1501, 1502: Paspers concerning ash warehouses in the Elblag harbour, 1777-1796.
- 1714a, 1718, 1723, 1728-1735, 1738, 1741, 1751, 1754, 1757, 1776, 1777, 1781, 1782, 1895, 11422: Privileges to and correspondence with guilds; papers concerning merchants, fish traders, corn trade and taxes from breweries; and reports about beer and liqueur trade, 1754, 1772-1831.
- 1895: Evaluation of merchants'goods in stock in Elblag, 1780-1781.
- 1900-1902: Reports and information on Elblag commerce, and the fight against smuggling, 1784-1795.
- 1907-1909: List of corn prices, 1521, papers concerning corn trade, and correspondence with the Prussian Army, 1700-1771, 1782-1795, 1822.
- 1917-1919: Papers concerning canvas and lines trade, 1773-1800.
- 1925: Papers concerning wood trade, 1794-1798.
- 1932, 1933, 1936-1939, 1956, 1959, 1961, 2012-2016: Papers concerning trade with Poland and Gdansk; reports about trade, customs and taxes; and papers concerning the organisation of trade and the customs system, 1772-1805.
- 1946, 1949: Papers concerning cranes in the Elblag harbour, 1773-1821.
- 1957: Papers concerning the protection of sea trade by the Prussian Royal Navy, 1781-1783.
- 1992-1997, 2002-2009: Papers concerning the harbour in Elblag, harbour payments and taxes; reconstruction and preservation of landing piers; and the main waterway to Pilau (Baltijsk); reports of the Harbour Building Office, 1777-1803.
- 2420-2429, 2439, 2463, 6867-6890: Papers concerning protection of the harbour and town of Elblag by the Prussian Army and the maintenance and supply of the Prussian Army garrison; and bills and financial issues, 1773-1807.
Accessibility
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Record creator / provenance
The collection is part of the old archives of the Elblag Town Council. The Prussian Board in Elblag was established after the town was incorporated in the Prussian State in 1772. According to Prussian regulations, several old town institutions, such as the old town council, town courts and the town's military guards, were liquidated. Most of their functions were assumed by the Prussian Royal administration.
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