JB/539/414/001

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Petersbourg. Septr 13r O.S. 1783

I am at length taken into the service of this country. The rank
they given me is that of Conseiller de la Cour, which is only
equal to that of Col Lieutenant Lieutenant Colonel
in the army. Considering that I had had no Military
rank in any other country to found my pretentions on, I ought
to be perfectly satisfied with such a beginning: but the
flattering treatment I had received and the promises made
me, gave some reason to expect something better. The Salary
I have is as great if not greater I am told than is given to any other
person of the same rank; yet it is but a thousand roubles
which according to the present ordinary course of exchange falls
considerably short of 200£ a year.

As to what I am to be
employed in, I know nothing as yet except that it will be in
some department where Mechanical knowledge is more particularly
necessary. The Priviledges I acquire by being in her Majesty's

Identifier: | JB/539/414/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 539.
Date_1	1783-09-13	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	539	Main Headings
Folio number	414	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
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Penner	Samuel Bentham	Watermarks
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