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Petersbourg May 30th 1783 O.S.

I have just been writing to my father to give him some
little account of my love matter and telling him at the
same time of my being in all probability tr left Charge
d'affaires here for 2 or 3 months at Sir James's departure.
It is today only that Sir James proposed it to me and wrote
to Mr Fox to acquaint him with his intentions of leaving
the business in my hands. I believe you have had
very little expectation of my ever being engaged in
political business and I believe not much inclined to
imagine me fit for it. If I am not, I shall
endeavour to make myself so while Sir James is yet
here, and for that purpose I will begin to go to school to
him tomorrow. Besides the opportunity this may
afford me of making friends at home, it cannot but
assist my views here of which I shall give you a
some account in a packet I send by sea.

Your poor brother is become very bare in several necessary
articles, but in none so intollerably so as in linnen.
A reinforcement of a dozen of shirts is absolutely unavoidable
they would be much cheaper & better if you could contrive
to send them from England washed and marked.

Identifier: | JB/539/345/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 539.
Date_1	1783-05-30	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	539	Main Headings
Folio number	345	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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