JB/539/060/001

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You will be, no doubt, Surprised, Sir, to receive a
letter from a hand unknown to you: Was I less
attached to your brother, and less acquainted
with your character, I should have been more
Scrupulous in complying with the desire I have
of being known to you; the friendship I observe between
you, gives me room to hope for your forgiveness.

I became acquainted with your brother at
his arrival at Moscow, (an acquaintance I hold the
most dear and the most valuable I ever made) :
having with him no letters to any one of the place,
he permitted me to introduce him to the Vice Roi
and all the principal families of the town, where
during his short stay he received all the civilities
and attention he so well merits: every body found
Something praiseworthy in him, the women admiring
his person, Surnamed him le beau Anglois,
the men distinguished him by the epithet of
le savant voyageur , and both were astonished
at the great stock of modesty they discovered
in him, a quality which is thought here by most
foreign to your nation, anglois, jeune, beau et
modeste, c'est un phénoméne! Said they. The women
the more they admired him, the more they wondered

Identifier: | JB/539/060/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 539.
Date_1	1780-07-02	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	539	Main Headings
Folio number	060	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
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Penner	Sergius Pleschejeff	Watermarks
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