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the Crimea, such an Expedition is said to be resolved on for next December
and has been limited to the foreign Ministers, but for my own
Part I have very strong Reasons to think that it will never take Place.

It was confidently said that Prince Potemkin was to visit his Estate
at Critchoff and another more considerable one which is situated near it,
in the Month of May or June last, but his Business is so great at Court
and it is hazarding so much to be absent, that I entertain some Doubts
of his putting his Intentions in Practice. — When I left Critchoff
your Son the Collonel was pleasing himself with the Hopes of a Visit
from his Brother and with the Expectation of the Arrival of several Persons
of abilities to assist him in the Improvements which he has plan'd &
which he appears to me perfectly qualified to carry on, but in Russia
as every where else Obstacles will always be raised against Men of
Merit, by the ignorant & self-interested, however they are generally to
be surmounted by steady Perseverance & strict Integrity, two Virtues
which without a Compliment I beleive your Son eminently to possess.

It is very probable that Business may shortly call me to
London, where I shall most certainly do myself the Pleasure of
waiting upon You to give you such Information as cannot well
enter into the Limits of a Letter but may be very pleasing to the
Ears of a Parent; in the mean Time Sir if there should be any Circumstance
that You particularly wish to know, which is in my

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Identifier: | JB/540/186/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 540.
Date_1	1785-08-27	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	540	Main Headings
Folio number	186	Info in main headings field
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