JB/540/258/002

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Letter of his, an exact Copy of which is here subjoyned.
when ever he do's come, it is looked upon by every
body as a matter of Course, that He will take Sam,
and wish to take me, with Him. making Trips here
and there, out of the main Roads, to do business or
see Relations, and stopping at every place an uncertain
time.. whether under such Circumstances a Visit to
Critchoff would be likely to answer to you both, and to
my Mother in particular, must be left to you to determine
I rather imagine, you will think it advisable to defer
setting out till you have heard from us something
more determinate relative to my Brother's destination.

I thank you kindly for your News about Lord Cornwallis
The D. of Richmond's Motion, Hastings Affair &c except, That,
I am a Stranger to every Atom of English news that is of
later date than some day in November; at Riga my Brother
received a promise from Mr Trompousky of a regular Supply
of news Papers, one of which, I believe, is an English one
unfortunately they were to come through the Channel of a
Friend of Trompousky's who lives between This and Riga,
and we have seen nothing of them yet.

This (Tuesday) is the first day for sending Letters by the Post,
since fryday when we received your's as abovementioned.

Ayton, our Gardener, is Nephew to the King's Gardener at
Kew, and was brought up under him.

with respect to Sam's Journey to Riga, They travelled post;
all in Kibitkas, the only Winter-Carriage used in Russia,

Identifier: | JB/540/258/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 540.
Date_1	1786-04-29	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	540	Main Headings
Folio number	258	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
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