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passed without my seeing him, he talked with me on several other subjects
but never on that. When I asked him from time to time what
her majesty said to it, his answer was that she had not finished
reading it. The people to whom I had shewn this second paper of
mine, people of as sound judgment as any in the Empire, and
who were well acquainted with the Empress's disposition, were much
struck with the importance of my observations, and assured me
that some extraordinary notice would be taken of them.

1783 ) S.B. Peteresburgh
Apr ) to
23/ ) J.B. Linc. Inn
May
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Connected as I was indifferently with the principal of the clashing
parties, and having thus got to the attention of the Empress
herself, I was in the hope that I should not appear attached
enough to anyone to raise a motive in any other to take
pains to oppose me. But I was mistaken. Potemkin after
telling me repeatedly that the Empress had ordered him to bring
me to her, put off the time from day to day & from week
to week, till I began to despair at the thought that, after having taken
so much pains to do what I thought would give her majesty
satisfaction, she would even not give me the audience
she had of her own accord intended to give me before
I had done any thing material to distinguish myself.
Princess Dachkoff was now made director of the Academy
of Sciences and was very high in favour. I had planned a
chart for exhibiting a comparative & absolute state of the
Population of the several parts of the Empire. I showed it her
she was struck with the Utility of it & presented it immediately
to the Empress telling her it was by the same person who
had given her his observations on the mines & .
The Empress told her that as yet she had not received

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Identifier: | JB/539/335/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 539.
Date_1	1783-04-23	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	539	Main Headings
Folio number	335	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Samuel Bentham	Watermarks
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