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in such perfect Inaction, and I should certainly
have been ill though irksomeness were it not
for the society of a few of my intimate Friends—
who luckily were collected together here.

One of my best friends & several of my Acquaintances
lost their lives about a week ago in taking
Ismail by Assault. you must know that this
was the principal Fortress the Turks had near
the Danube, and was garrisoned with above
30,000 of their choices Troops, Count Loweroff
with less than 20,000, in about 3 hours time
without—having made any Breach, yet possession,
and excepting about 7000, who by collecting
themselves in small bodies were spared in
surrendering themselves; all the rest became
victims to the rage of the Soldiers.

A courier who takes this with him to Vienna
is charged with the particulars of this great—
success of the Russian ; so that you will have
it soon in the News-Paper; and having nothing
to tell you for certain about myself I should
have delayed writing longer, were it not to prevent

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Identifier: | JB/541/194/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 541.
Date_1	1790-12-19	Marginal Summary Numbering
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Folio number	194	Info in main headings field
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