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Critchoff July 19/30 1786

Hond Sir,

Last Fryday July 15/26 we were favour'd with your Letter
of June 8/19, which is all we can say to it unless we
were to say a great deal more than there is room for here.

The originals, of which you sent the copies, came at
the same time. no Letter yet from Dr Brown.
The Shirts you mention as being lost were Dr Debruns
not our's. many thanks for the Parliamentary
Intelligence. The News-Papers have failed us for the
last Three weeks (i.e Three Posts) but I hope they
will come at last. It is owing to the Governor of
Riga's dilatoriness.

The affair which gave rise to the rencontre,
related in the succeeding Letter by one of the Actors
is a long Story, of which, I have neither time, nor
room to give more than a short abridgment.

Count Mellin is a Livonian Nobleman about 3 or 4
years older than my Brother. He commanded, and, for
aught we have heard, still commands an Independent
Batallion like that of my Brother's, but which is now
upon the point of being reduced. upon Prince Dashkoffs
getting a Regiment given him as a sort of reward for
the Intelligence he had brought from the Crimea of
the Conquest of that Country, Part of Count Mellin's
Corps was draughted off to be incorporated with that
Regiment. Daskcoff's general Character is That of a
most accomplished and very honourable young Man,
but too free in his Speech, and overrun with Vanity.
my Brother's acquaintance with Count Mellin
commenced at Krementchuck on his return from his

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