...into the hereditary possession of the Grand Duchy of Finland, we desire to confirm the religion and fundamental laws of the country, as well as the rights and privileges which every class and inhabitant, both high and low, have hitherto enjoyed in the aforesaid Grand Duchy,...

...the Grand Duchy of Finland into our possession, We wish by these present to confirm and sanction the religion and the fundamental laws of the country as...each Order in particular in the said Grand Duchy, and in general, all its inhabitants great and small, have hitherto enjoyed by virtue of their Constitution....

...the Grand Duchy of Finland, and therefore We desire by this to confirm and sanction the religion and fundamental laws of the country, as well as the rights and privileges in each particular order in the Grand Duchy, and all that her inhabitants in general, both high and...

...entered into possession of the Grand Duchy of Finland, Alexander I confirms and ratifies the religion and fundamental laws of the country, as well as the rights and privileges of each estate, in a charter issued to the estates assembled in Porvoo. July: in his concluding speech...

...the Grand Duchy at the town of Borgo. On the opening day, March 27, he issued an Act of Guarantee hi which, after stating that the will of God had placed...Finland gain its first charter of freedom under the aegis of the Tsars, who became, in a constitutional sense, Grand Dukes of Finland. Thus, also, did...