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My conversation with the Empress leaned chiefly on the state
of the mines and on the Chinese frontiers. Her questions
were very general and the way much disposed to imagine
make me out a compliment in what I said to her when
I meant none. She talked about the brilliant State of our
Navy. Spoke with terms of great regard of the Lord Keppel,
and with great contempt of the French.

She thanked me for my observations and said she thought
they might be exceedingly usefull.

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Sunday April PS 1783

This sheet & part of the other was written at Sir James's,
upon his telling me, that the Courier is setting off in
a quarter of an hour; whereas he had before told me,
he did not go till tomorrow, & other people had told me
the day after. This sudden departure not only prevents
my writing more as I had intended to have done tonight
after coming from the Field Marshal's, but it also
prevents my sending some other papers I had prepared
and which now I cant get at. I have not even
time to write any separate letter to endeavour to assure you
of the strength of affection and duty with which I am
sure ever to remain S. B.

Identifier: | JB/539/336/002 "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	336	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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