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The Journey has been highly agreable. He will leave me
by the way on his return to Petersburg at his own Estate
where I shall have some Ship-building Business which
will be my Chief Employment till next Spring.

Besides Shipbuilding I have an unlimitted field to
employ such Talents as I either have or may acquire.
The Empress is expected to embark at this Estate of the
Prince's to descend from thence down the Dnieper, if
my Rowing Yatch is found preferable to those built
by the Admiralty for Her, The Prince will certainly
give it for her use This will be a flattering way
of renewing the Notice She has before honoured me with.

I may probably have to do with all the different
Varieties of War transport & Inland Navigation. —
but more particularly the abovementioned Rowing-Yatcht
wch I must have ready by next Spring when her Majesty
will descend the Dnieper over the Water-falls, and
as far as Cherson. I am not yet decided whether
there shall be 50, or 100 Oars to this Vessel; but by
some means or other I must make it excel in Swiftness
and what is more difficult in elegance, all others;
The next concern will be a kind of Frigate which
will scarce have less than 60 guns, but of this I can
as yet say but little, as it is but a few days since
the Idea is started of my building Ships of War —
according to my own fancy. The best of all is that
I have nothing at all to do with the Admiralty;
Workmen as well as Materials, I shall have independent of them.

Identifier: | JB/540/089/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 540.
Date_1	1784-06-19	Marginal Summary Numbering
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