JB/539/120/001

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I will make you acquainted a little with the circumstances
of my friend Plescheff and his father & c family. His father lives at
Moscow, without any public employment, very much respected.
He is a man of a good stock of knowledge, and of sense too;
except that he has a little too much faith in the Saints. He
is about 60 years of age. His appearance is not much unlike
that of an English country gentleman. In speaking of
people's fortunes one always reckons by the number of Boors
peasants or slaves (call them what you will) which a man
has upon his estates. He has about 6 thousand, exclusive of
women and children: the male children are not reckon'd till
they are 15 or 16 years of age. He has about 6 2 daughters,
each of whom have 500 boors and between 30 & 40,000 roubles
as their marriage portion. She is already married to a Mr
Raskchiff who has served as an officer of rank in the
last wars, but has now quitted service, he has a fortune of
about 9,000 roubles a year. This daughter then has received
her portion. The other is about 16, very accomplished, of a most
charming

Identifier: | JB/539/120/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 539.
Date_1	1780-??-??	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	539	Main Headings
Folio number	120	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Samuel Bentham	Watermarks
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