Metadata: Commercial documents 1790-1808
Collection
- Country:
- Romania
- Holding institution:
- National Archives of Romania, Cluj State Archives, Cluj
- Holding institution (official language):
- Arhivele Nationale ale Romaniei, Direcția Județeană a Arhivelor Naționale Cluj
- Postal address:
- Cluj-Napoca, Str. Mihail Kogălniceanu nr. 10, cod 400084, jud. Cluj
- Phone number:
- (40) 64 598 979
- Web address:
- http://www.arhivelenationale-cluj.ro
- Email:
- cluj@arhivelenationale.ro
- Reference number:
- III.6.
- Title:
- Commercial documents 1790-1808
- Title (official language):
- Acte comerciala 1790-1808
- Creator/accumulator:
- Szatmár county
- Date(s):
- 1790/1808
- Language:
- Latin
- Hungarian
- Extent:
- 0.28 linear metres (2 boxes)
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection ‘Acta commercialia 1790-1808’ preserves documents selected from administrative documents. The archival name of the collection is ‘Acte comerciala 1790-1808’. It is part of the extensive collection 'Acte administrative 1610-1849' (Heading III).
The collection does not contain exclusively Jewish-related documents. The documents were part of a set of documents discussed at the general congregations of the nobility, from which the archives later developed several collections. The 'Acta commercialia' collection also contains reports, transcripts, petitions, descriptions and instructions from the period 1790-1808. The assorted documents include personal descriptions, circulars, bridge construction works, economic affairs, sales, debt affairs, and a list of taxpayers in the new town for the year 1808. The collection includes relevant documents from fasciculi 64-67 and 75-82. The documents were written in Latin, Hungarian and German.
Jewish-related documents can also be found among the record entries. There is only one fasciculus, no 76, whose documents date from 1802. The three documents are characterised by the fact that they are external sources. The first (Fasc. 76. Act. 5. Nr. 1108) is an inscription from Szatmár (Satu Mare) County to the Emperor in response to the complaint of merchants from Zólyom (Zvolen) County who protested against the peddling of Greek and Jewish merchants. The other two sources contain circulars: descriptions of creditors from Bonyhád (Fasc. 76. Act. 6. Nr. 1136) and investigation of a fugitive from Lithuania (Fasc. 76. Act. 20 Nr. 1204). The documents are written in Hungarian and Latin. They are short. The modest source material is explained by the fact that the documents on economic matters were mainly deposited in the Acta publico-politica (III/1.).
- Archival history:
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The document collection of Szatmár County is based on documents preserved by county officials as no archives had been established before the 16th century. Therefore, initially mostly congregation records were collected in Szatmár County. The categorisation of the collected materials started under the rule of Maria Theresa (1740-1780). The documents were also classified into subject groups at that time. The archives were established in Nagykároly and the documents collected previously were also held there. The emergence of the new borders after World War I resulted in the division of the documents and also the relocation of the archives. Part of the materials remained in Hungary, whereas the other part was taken to Romania. Documents of the congregation of nobilities were also divided regardless of their timespan.
In Romania, the archival material was first transferred to Nagykároly (Carei) and then to the new county seat of Szatmárnémeti (Satu Mare). In 1940 the documents were placed in the collection of the Kolozsvár (Cluj) State Archives. In the same year, the archival collections were evacuated to Nagyszeben (Sibiu), and a small part of them was transferred to Torda. The documentary material was not spared the ravages of war. After the war, the collections were returned to Kolozsvár. In the case of the feudal period materials, the division of the material between the archives of Nyíregyháza (Hungary) and Cluj (Direcția Județeană a Arhivelor Naționale Cluj) (Romania) poses a practical difficulty for research.
The collection of 'Administrative Documents' contains the cases discussed at the general congregations, primarily until 1724. The collection of the 'General Congregation Documents' was separated in a subsequent sorting of the unified collection for specific years (heading II.). In addition, sub-series were developed within the series. The initial grouping of the material can be traced back to Ferenc Schemberger, whose activity can be seen in the organisation of the documents between 1724 and 1781. The administrative reform of Joseph II prevented Schemberger from continuing his work. With the introduction of administrative handbooks, the reform also introduced a new way of managing documents. After 1790, the principle of the system used under Ferenc Schemberger was re-introduced. Consequently, the 63rd fasciculus in 1786 was followed by the 64th fasciculus in 1790. Later, the Acta commercialia (1790-1808) sub-series also became part of the sub-series formed when the Acta publico-politica collection was divided.
- Subject terms:
- Crime
- Financial records
- Trade and commerce
- System of arrangement:
- The sub-series of the 'Administrative documents' collection, entitled 'Commercial documents, 1790-1808', was classified separately from 1791. The individual documents can be found under fasciculi 64-67, 75-82. Box No. 482 contains the census of new town taxpayers for May 1808 without fasciculi and serial numbers.
- Finding aids:
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The index books do not contain any details for Acta Commercialia.
The handbook entitled Szatmár (Satu Mare) County Archives Fondul ”Prefectura Judeţului Satu Mare”, 1402–1919, by András Kiss, Lucia-Augusta Serdan and Ágota Henzsel (Cluj-Napoca-Nyíregyháza, 2000) precisely identifies the archival location of the material. Since then, however, the documents have been repackaged and reorganised. Therefore the heading numbers have also changed.
- Yerusha Network member:
- University of Szeged
- Author of the description:
- Dr. Tibor Almási, Dr. Erzsébet Mislovics, University of Szeged, 2019