COUNT NICHOLAS
PETROVICH RESANOV
IN JAPAN 1803—1806
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By the Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff, Cu
rator of the Territorial Museum Jun.
From the journal of Theodore
Shemlin, in charge of the commis
sary department on the ship “Nad
ezhda,” which made the trip around
the world under the command of
Captain A. Johann Krusenstern in
1803, 1804, 1805, 1806.
It is a well known fact that the
principal object of this expedition
was to open a trade between the
Russian Amercian Company and
Japan. For that purpose the actual
Chamberlain of the Tzar, Nicholas
Perovich Resanov, was appointed as
Extraordinary Ambassador to the
Japanese Imperial Court.
Count Resanov’s efforts to nego
tiate a meeting between the Russian
accredited Minister and the Japan
ese Court is of such interest that
some of the incidents (not hereto
fore published) are brought here be
fore the general public.
When the ship “Nadezhda” was ap
proaching the shore of Nagasaki dis
tant 12 miles, the representatives of
the Japanese government boarded
the ship. After the exchange of the
usual greetings, the Japanese offi
cials demanded to be informed who
were on board and for what pur
pose the shjp was going to Japan.
He was informed that this was a
Russian man-of-war; that it was
bringing the Extraordinary Abassa
dor of the Russian court to visit the
Japanese emperor; that he had with
| him very costly gifts for the Em
I peror from the Tzar. Also that on
the ship were four Japanese who
had been wrecked on the Alaskan
j shores in 1793. That after being
(.taken care of by the Russian govern
iment at St. Petersburg they were
(being returned to Japan.
The officers of the Russian ship
j were informed that no foreign ship
was permitted to enter thd, harbor
without special permission from the
governor. When the Russian-ship
came within two miles and a half
I from the harbor, two Japanese ship;
! with four officers came out from the
(harbor with an order that the ship
drop anchor then and there. The
Russians at once complied with the
order. No sooner than the two Jap
' anese ships left the Russian ship
when thirty other ships surrounded
the man-of-war. This constituted
an armed guard. Two hours latei
eight other Japanese boats left the
hapbor and came to the “Nadezhda.”
'One-^as quite a large boat, decorat
ed with numerous flags. This larger
ship brought the vice-governor of
Nagasaki. He informed Count Res
anov that according to their law no
foreign vessel was permitted to en
ter the harbor without being dis
armed. He demanded that all pow
der, cannons, and side arms of the
Count, Commander and the officers
be handed to him. Count Resanov
was satisfied to hand over his ship’s
armament, but flatly refused to part
with his sword and the swords of
f.he‘ officers.
The next day more officials arriv
ed and after some questions and an
swers were exchanged, the ammuni
tion and arms of the ship were re
moved, while the side arms of the
officers were permitted to be retain
ed. When this was accomplished,
fifty boats towed the ship into the
inner harbor. The ship dropped an
chor by an island outside of the har
bor. Upon asking when the ship
could enter the harbor the officials
answered that very soon a new gov
ernor of Nagasaki was expected and
he would give the necessary permis
sion. However, the ship was kept
almost two weeks outside the har
bor and then allowed to move a
little closer to the inner harbor.
When Count Resanov remonstrated
with them, they made excuses, but
allowed him to go ashore for exer
cise. They built a little bamboo
! house and surrounded it with a very
high fence. Count Resanov came
ashore only once. Seeing that he
was guarded and watched by the
Japanese officials every minute,who
noted every move he made, he pre
ferred to remain on board his own
i ship rather than be submitted to
jsuch surveillance, which he took as
j an insult to his person,
j In the meantime.the “Nadezhda”
1 was in pteed-of repairs. The Captain
(and Count Resanov requested that
i the ship be permitted to discharge
I some of the freight in order to
beach the ship and attend to the
| work of repairing. The Japanese
'promised that they would provide
1 a large junk into which the freight
could be transferred. When the
junk was brought to the ship and
[the officers made a survey, it was
[found that in spite of its greatness
there positively was no space where
the freight could be stored with saf
! ety. The inner part of the junk was
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cut into small compartments and
was very dirty. The Japanese offi
cials assured the Count that they,
would provide a residence for him,
and also that warehouses for the
costly gifts to the Emperor would
be made ready. Twenty days pass
ed during which the officials came
on board twice and assured the
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on the houses was proceeding satis
factorily. By this time the Count
and the officers lost all faith in the
promises of the Japanese. However,
on the 4th of December the officials
again came on board and said that
the next day an official ship would
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NOTICE OF SALE OF
PROPERTY
No. 336—Probate
In the Probate Court for the Cape
Nome Precinct Territory of Alaska,
Second Division.
In the matter of the Estate of
JAMES A. SWARTZELL, Deceased.
NOTICE is hereby given that in
pursuance to an order of the above
j entitled probate tourt dated the 27th
!day of December, 1934, the under
signed administrator of the* above
'named estate will sell at public auc
tion (subject to confirmation by the
j said court) to the highest bidder for
casTi on Friday, the 1st day of f’eb
ruary, 1935, at the hour of 11 o’
clock A. M., at the office of the above
named court, the same being the
United States Commissioner’s office
and will be then located in the build
ing occupied as United States Dis
trict Court House on First Avenue
West in Block 25 of the town of
Nome, Alaska, all the right, title,
and interest of the above named
JAMES A. SWARTZELL, deceased,
at the time of his death add of the
said estate at the time of\the sale,
in and to those certain pieces and
parcels of real property in the town
of Nome, Alaska, the same being
described and located according to
the official plat of the townsite of
the said town as follows:
Lot 21 and the South 5 feet of the
East 15 feet of Lot 22 in Block 19;
the South 30 feet of Lot 37 and all of
Lots 39, 42, 44, 45, 49, 50, and 51 in
Block 30; the East 65 feet of the
5$outh 37 feet of Lot 4 and the East
65 feet of Lot 6, and the ice house
thereon, in Block 90.
Dated this 28th day of December,
1934.
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