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I have promised Professor Busch to give him
one of my green glass globes. They are both
in the Chemical closet. You can have a box made
for one of them and put what you may have occasion
to send to this place within. Upon second thoughts
I dont know but one what one or both of these
globes is not on one of the shelves near the sink.
Direct them to Professor Busch at the Commercial Academy Hamburgh.
you may at the same time send any Queries to Mr Norman
Berlin. Octr 1779
After many determinations and many more different
intentions I set out at last for this place
and arrived last night. Had the Vessel
which I expected to have gone by from Lubec
to Danzic sailed at the time . there wa
all the reason to think it would have sailed I
should by this time have reached my journey's
end, and in the most agreable and least expensive
manner, now on the contrary I have been
detained day after day waiting for this Vessel
in the most disagreable & expensive manner
I am at last sat out to make my journey
in the most disagreable & expensive manner.
I am quite out of humour with things in general, or at
least with so much of them as have any relation to my
journey. With respect to information to be sure upon the
whole I have picked up some that may be very usefull
while I was at Hamburgh, and besides I made some
very usefull acquaintance besides the Hanburys: but then
I spent so much time in there.
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This will probably be one of the shortest letters you
have received from me. I only write it to tell you
that I exist and that I stay here till Fry day.
I then set out to continue my journey by way of
Dantzic & Kongingsburg, but as Stettin will be a
good deal out of my way I dont believe I shall go
there.
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Mr Elliot the English Minister is not here, so that
his Secretary Liston is chargè des' affaires. I dined
with him yesterday. He seems to be a sensible clever
man in his way. There were some officers at Table and
an english young English Captain of not quite 18 a Son of
General Gage. When I called
on Liston the day before the estimation happened
to harm on Lind's answer to the french memorial
which he spoke of as by far the best political publication
that which we have had this long time.
He said it had done more good than could be conceived
to the English cause in this part of the world.
He had sent it to many people in this part of the
world who confess that their opinion was
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your parcel you told me of your having dispatched
for me have not received although there arrived
about a week ago a Vessel from London which
sailed sometime after the time at which you
tell me you sent it.
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What think you of Naval Alexeterics for the
title I spoke to you about in one of my last letters.
Praesidia Malorum navalicum or rather Nauticorum.
Prophylactics I don't think is quite apposite.
much changed with respect to the light which France
stood in. He mentioned the names of some great
people here who were before very much against the
English but who had made this confession or
rather recantation: but names you know I can
never remember. Liston did not know who
the author was but as he expressed a great desire
of knowing I thought there could be no harm
in telling him. I don't suppose Lind wish
to keep it secret. By Mathias at Hamburgh and
in that in every company I have been in that, that
publication has always been spoken of
in the highest light imaginable. But The language
too has been considered as very extraordinary: such
as no Englishman could possibly write.
Dont fail to let me know by where of Port
at Mittan whether I did wrong or not in telling
the author. Liston said it would be astonishing
if a man who could write such a work should
not be chosen for under Secretary of State.
In the evening Liston took me to an Assembly
composed of the very first company in this place.
There was scarcely a plain Madame in the
room. They dance country dances and play a
carde. I danced 4 or 5 dances. I had 2
Countesses for my partners, one of them I think
very near if not quite the fairest woman in the
company. We had a kind of supper in the insid
of the dancing. Nothing but french scarcely was spo
the whole evening. The kings first minister and
several others were of the company. Names I cant
remember one. The danish Ambassador is not
here but I sup tonight at his house with his
Secretary the chargè des affaries.
All preparations are making here for War with the
greatest dilligence. The King is at Potsdam.
but I have something else to do than to gad about after him.
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