Title:
Documents granting permissions to merchants or traders to acquire houses and land for commercial, religious, and private purposes.
Description:
This entry is a collection of several single documents which are catalogued by the Suceava Archives separately. The documents refer in some way to agreements between the local authorities and tîrgoveții – literally market people – granting the latter land for houses, cemeteries, house of prayer, or space for their market. It seems likely that tîrgoveții was often a euphemism for Jews, especially in the early-mid 1700s. Other ethnic groups which also typically worked in the trade sector are generally specified, Armenian, etc. As time passes it becomes more common to find references to Jews specifically. Of particular interest are the last two documents discussing a legal case between Christian merchants who wanted to evict the Jew, Aron (elder of the community) from his house and allow a Christian shopkeeper to move in. The last document is the response of Aron to these proceedings. These documents have been transcribed from the original Cyrillic and are available in modern Romanian (copies).
Extent:
18 pages (8 collections)
Language:
Romanian ; Old Romanian
Provenance:
No information is given as to how this material was acquired by the Suceava branch of the National Archives.
Call Number:
Colecția de Documente ; număr curent 49, fond 35, inventar nr. 279, Pachetul XXV , 7 (1780) ; Pachetul XXVI , 23 (1739) ; Pachetul XXVI , 26 (1746) ; Pachetul XXVI , 29 (1757) ; Pachetul XXVI , 31 (1759) ; Pachetul XXVI , 39 (1764) ; Pachetul XXVI , 45 (1775) ; Pachetul XXVI , 46 (1776)
Bibliographic Citation:
Colecția de Documente ; număr curent 49, fond 35, inventar nr. 279, Pachetul XXV , 7 (1780) ; Pachetul XXVI , 23 (1739) ; Pachetul XXVI , 26 (1746) ; Pachetul XXVI , 29 (1757) ; Pachetul XXVI , 31 (1759) ; Pachetul XXVI , 39 (1764) ; Pachetul XXVI , 45 (1775) ; Pachetul XXVI , 46 (1776) ; Arhivele Naționale ale României, Direcția Județeana Suceava
Repository:
Arhivele Naționale ale României,
Direcţia Judeţeană Suceava, strada Ştefan cel Mare nr. 33, cod 720003, jud. Suceava Romania