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- 1856 - 1862 (Creation)
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Das Geheime Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz (GSTA PK) ist in Berlin ansässig und besitzt historisch wertvolle Bestände bzw. Dokumente zu Brandenburg-Preußen.
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162 sheets, contains among others: - Establishment of consulates of Denmark, Hamburg and Bremen in Siam's capital Bangkok, 1858, including: selection of gifts for the two kings of Siam; - report of the envoy in Haag, including: Report of the Foreign Minister and the Colonial Minister to the King of the Netherlands on the Additional and Supplementary Articles of 1857 agreed with Japan (French) - Reports of the Consul in Singapore, Albert Schreiber, including: Establishment of a Prussian Consulate in Bangkok; Trade Treaty of Great Britain with Siam of 1855 (print) and Additional Article, 1856; Draft Treaty with Siam (English)) - Reports of the merchant Theodor Thies from Bangkok to inquiries with the Siamese government, 1858; request of the captains Friedrich Woller and Johann Benj. Krause from Bangkok about a trade and shipping treaty with Siam and a Prussian consulate in Bangkok, 1858 - Report of the envoy from Copenhagen: Preparation of the conclusion of the contract with Siam by the Danish consul in Singapore, 1858 - Reports of the business bearer in Canton, Richard von Carlowitz, 1858 - Vote of the Minister of Commerce for the conclusion of a contract with Siam for the commercial political recognition of Prussia and the German Customs Association, with the dispatch of a naval ship of the Admiralty - report of the consul Wilmans in Batavia on the trade with Japan, 1858 - reports of the envoys in Paris and London on the gifts of France for the government of Siam, report of the consul Meyer from Singapore on suitable Prussian gifts (lists), 1857/58 - report of the consul in Batavia, Louis Kniffler, with it: Curriculum vitae; trade project on the Japanese island of Decima; advocacy of Prussia's trade relations with Japan; excerpts from the Japanese-Netherlands Agreement and official trade reports, 1858 - offer to take part in a "scientific and industrial research trip" around the world of Captain Charles Sheridan from Ghent, 1859 - memorandum (above) Verf, 1859 - Inquiry by the Hanover-based businessman von Reitzenstein on the status of contract negotiations with Siam and Japan, 1859 - Request by the merchant Julius Adrian from Decima and Nagasaki for appointment as consul in Japan, 1859 - Presentation to the Landtag of the trade agreements concluded with Japan and China, 1862.
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Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Archivtektonik) >> STAATSOBERHAUPT UND OBERSTE STAATSBEHÖRDEN, MINISTERIEN UND ANDERE ZENTRALBEHÖRDEN PREUSSENS AB 1808 >> Auswärtige und Bundes-Angelegenheiten >> Auswärtige Angelegenheiten
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- German
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- Latin
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deutsch
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- Kniffler, Louis (Subject)