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Critchoff March 1728 — 1786

Hond Sir,

You wished the Coll. to get Money, he is just now,
in a way of doing so; He has lately told you from Riga
of the fortunate completion of his Contract, and of the use
he was making of the Capital it produced him by
bandying it about the Country. It is gone to
Krementchuck, and Cherson, under the Joynt cares of
honest Benson, and a Russian Officer, and we now begin
to expect the return of it every day. This simple mode
of turning the Penny will of course be pushed as far
as it will go; but whatever becomes of This, there is
no want of others. The Possession of some Capital
having put him upon Enquiries into the several
possible means of turning it to account — He finds
that there are various articles of Commerce, which
without interfering at all with his Fabrics,
promise a still easier & more considerable Profit,
not only the Rate of profit is much greater than
in England, but the returns are proportionably more
speedy; what is more, they are more secure, as
it will be in his power so to manage as not to
sell but for ready money, or with such Security as
in point of safety is equivalent to it —

Clerks and Agents he gets for nothing, or for as little
as he pleases among his officers & Others under his
dependence, — and his Battallion Horses serve for

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Date_1	1786-03-17	Marginal Summary Numbering
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