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Married to the eMpire Three Governors' Wives in Russian America 1829–1864 Susanna rabow-edling University of AlAskA Press fairbanks text © 2015 University of Alaska Press All rights reserved University of Alaska Press Po Box 756240 fairbanks, Ak 99775-6240 library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data rabow-edling, susanna. Married to the empire: three governor’s wives in russian America 1829–1864 / by susanna rabow-edling. pages cm includes bibliographical references and index. isBn 978-1-60223-264-8 (cloth: alk. paper)—isBn 978-1-60223-265-5 (electronic: alk. paper) 1. Governor’s spouses—Alaska—Biography. 2. Wrangel, elisabeth von, 1810–1854. 3. etholøn, Margaretha, 1814–1894. 4. furuhjelm, Anna, 1836–1894. 5. russians—Alaska—Biography. 6. rossiisko- amerikanskaia kompaniia. 7. Alaska—History—to 1867. 8. sitka (Alaska)—Biography. i. title. f907.r33 2015 979.8’010922—dc23 [B] 2015003421 Cover and interior design by Mark Bergeron, Publishers’ Design and Production services, inc. Cover image: sitka, Alaska 1839, watercolor by Magnus von Wright, photographer Markku Haverinen, 2006. from The enckell Collection, The national Museum of finland. This publication was printed on acid-free paper that meets the minimum requirements for Ansi / niso Z39.48–1992 (r2002) (Permanence of Paper for Printed library Materials). ConTenTs Maps v Acknowledgments xi introduction 1 part i: eliSabeth von Wrangell Chapter One The Journey across Siberia to Russian America 41 Chapter Two The Encounter With the New World 77 part ii: Margaretha etholén Chapter Three From Helsinki to Sitka 107 Chapter Four The Inner Life of a Governor’s Wife 139 part iii: anna FuruhjelM Chapter Five The Perfect Wife in the Wilderness 171 Chapter Six A Woman’s Mission and Sphere 211 Epilogue 245 Bibliography 253 Index 269 iii MAps v ) n o s el n Bill ( a. k t si o t a ri e b si s s o r c a s ell g n a Wr n o v e h t of e t u o r e h t n o s e c a pl al p ci n ri P e. r pi m e n a si s u r e h t of p a M vi ) n e s n e t s ri h C e ni n A ( m. el hj u r u f d n a n, é ol h t e ell, g n a r W n o v of s e v e li h t o t t n a v e el r s e c a Pl e. r pi m e c cifi a P s a’ si s u r of p a M vii Map of europe. important cities in the lives of the three women. (Bill nelson) viii Map of north and south America. routes of the etholéns and furuhjelms. (Bill nelson) ix

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