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on opportunity of
of all which
successful work if it be now in
your opinion finished I cannot help
I am settled here before it be published: published for the
the fear of
be of some use directly affect that
work in some way or other.

The Empress gives Sir James as a farewell present a muffler with
her picture set in diamonds, the a muffler is not unusual
but the picture is what has never been given but to Ambassadors
Lady and Miss Harris will each have a present in diamonds likewise
No foreign Minister here has been so much respected.

I spent the greatest part of yesterday as happily as possible under
my present situation. I had not been very well for some time
past; the weather cold enough to admit require walking fast
to keep oneself warm without a great coat, and I went on
foot from town to Princess Dashkoff's country house which is
a wooden house in which Peter the Great lived while he was
building himself a large pallace at Strelna 18 versts from
Peterbourg on the road to Peterhoff. The Princess I knew
was not at home, but her amiable daughter and a Mrs Hamilton
an Irish lady and great friend of the Princess's who is just
come from England to spend a twelvemonth on a visit to her friend,
were not a bit the worse company to me on account of the Princess's
absence. I just got there by dinner time. my walk had given
me a better appetite than I had had for some time past, and the
pleasure each of our society received to take in the other's company

Identifier: | JB/539/400/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 539.
Date_1	1783-08-21	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	539	Main Headings
Folio number	400	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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