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<p> as I now have but an hour or two before the post goes out.</p> <p>At Archangel several ships have been built <add>privately</add> on account of <lb/>English merchants loaded with <sic>merchandize | <p>as I now have but an hour or two before the post goes out.</p> | ||
</sic> from home and <lb/>sailed under Russian colours to England where they are as it <lb/>were sold to these merchants on whose account they are built<lb/>They were afterwards resold or let out to Government as transports.<lb/>During my stay at Archangel I got very particular accounts <lb/>of this <del> but</del> as well as of the price of building &c but as I <lb/>have not <del> <gap/> </del> my papers by me I cannot make my account <lb/>at present more particular. | <p>At Archangel several ships have been built <add>privately</add> on account of<lb/> | ||
English merchants loaded with <sic>merchandize</sic> from home and<lb/> | |||
sailed under Russian colours to England where they are as it<lb/> | |||
were sold to these merchants on whose account they are built<lb/> | |||
They were afterwards resold or let out to Government as transports.<lb/> | |||
During my stay at Archangel I got very particular accounts<lb/> | |||
of this <del>but</del> as well as of the price of building &c but as I<lb/> | |||
have not <del><gap/></del> my papers by me I cannot make my account<lb/> | |||
at present more particular. The <gap/> sometimes nearly<lb/> | |||
paid for the Ship. In like manner I have a great notion<lb/> | |||
ships may be built near the black sea at the mouth of<lb/> | |||
the Dnieper where I have likewise been, but there they<lb/> | |||
may <sic>built</sic> of oak little inferior to that of the production<lb/> | |||
of our own country. — The greatest part of the loading<lb/> | |||
<del>at</del> from Archangel was of naval stores in like manner<lb/> | |||
the greatest part or the whole might be so from the black<lb/> | |||
sea. The loading as well as ships themselves might steer<lb/> | |||
<sic>there</sic> course for all I can see to the contrary straight<lb/> | |||
to his majesty's dockyards. There assisted by previous<lb/> | |||
preparations in their building they might be converted<lb/> | |||
to store ships, armed ships, or even <add> ships if not </add> frigates of war.</p> | |||
<p>I am well persuaded that I could find means of having<lb/> | |||
the ships as well built <add>as</add> the general base <add> of those that are built </add> in England.<lb/> | |||
My friend who <del>particularly</del> wishes much to trade from<lb/> | |||
the black sea and who indeed does <del>make it</del> <add>trade thither</add> in some degree, &<lb/> | |||
particularly wants my assistance in that business, I dare<lb/> | |||
to say would undertake this <del>business</del> A circumstance <gap/><lb/> | |||
greatly the idea of selling the Ships is that the <sic>merchandize</sic><lb/> | |||
from these parts would be all of the bulky <del>&</del> <add>or</add> heavy kind<lb/> | |||
besides being in greater quantity than what would be required<lb/> | |||
from England in exchange & therefore one ship to return</p> | |||
<note>Why not provision such as flower<lb/> | |||
Portable soup where cattle is so amazingly cheap.</note> | |||
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as I now have but an hour or two before the post goes out.
At Archangel several ships have been built privately on account of
English merchants loaded with merchandize from home and
sailed under Russian colours to England where they are as it
were sold to these merchants on whose account they are built
They were afterwards resold or let out to Government as transports.
During my stay at Archangel I got very particular accounts
of this but as well as of the price of building &c but as I
have not my papers by me I cannot make my account
at present more particular. The sometimes nearly
paid for the Ship. In like manner I have a great notion
ships may be built near the black sea at the mouth of
the Dnieper where I have likewise been, but there they
may built of oak little inferior to that of the production
of our own country. — The greatest part of the loading
at from Archangel was of naval stores in like manner
the greatest part or the whole might be so from the black
sea. The loading as well as ships themselves might steer
there course for all I can see to the contrary straight
to his majesty's dockyards. There assisted by previous
preparations in their building they might be converted
to store ships, armed ships, or even ships if not frigates of war.
I am well persuaded that I could find means of having
the ships as well built as the general base of those that are built in England.
My friend who particularly wishes much to trade from
the black sea and who indeed does make it trade thither in some degree, &
particularly wants my assistance in that business, I dare
to say would undertake this business A circumstance
greatly the idea of selling the Ships is that the merchandize
from these parts would be all of the bulky & or heavy kind
besides being in greater quantity than what would be required
from England in exchange & therefore one ship to return
Why not provision such as flower
Portable soup where cattle is so amazingly cheap.
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Correspondence |
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Samuel Bentham |
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