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Criechoff Febry. 18th. — O.S.
March 1st 1786. N.S.

To
Mr Thos. Walton Flax
Merchant Newcastle upon
Tine,

Sir,

Being sensible that it will give you pleasure to hear
of my welfare, I have just set down to acquit myself of a
Promise I made you at Parting, vizt The writing you a
Letter from this Place, promising however that the narrow
Compass of one small Sheet will give you but a slender
Idea of what I have heard, seen and felt; since that
time every thing has been so new to me, and I have
so many things to say that for the present you must
be content with a very scanty abridgement of the whole,
perhaps the time may come when I may afford you
a better information

From the Receipt of my Mother's Letter in December
I have the satisfaction to know, that my Pacquet of
Letters had reached England, and that consequently
you would hear of my safe arrival at Riga on
the 2d of June and finally at Creichoff on the 20th
in good health, after travelling 500d English Miles
in something less than Seven days. Since that time
in the Course of the Summer several other English
People have arrived and with us that went from
Newcastle, & those there before makes our Number,
Wives and Children included, about Twenty

Identifier: | JB/540/246/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 540.
Date_1	1786-02-18	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	540	Main Headings
Folio number	246	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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