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<head>Copy of a Letter to Sir James Harris K.B.</head> | |||
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<p>As it has made no small part of my happiness, | |||
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that my Son in Russia has been honoured with your | |||
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friendship; and as he is now in a situation, and | |||
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circumstances that have long been the object of his | |||
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wishes, and which indeed prompted him, at first, | |||
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to quit, for a while, his own Country, professedly | |||
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for the means of being the more serviceable to it | |||
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in a way the best adapted to his genius, I | |||
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flatter myself, I shall find my excuse for | |||
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giving you this trouble, in your inclination to | |||
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serve him.</p> | |||
<p>If a Perusal of the inclosed Letters from him <del>to</del> | |||
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to his Brother and me will not be too great a | |||
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trespass upon your time, you will find he is at | |||
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present engaged, in compliance with Prince | |||
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Potemkin's recommendation, in a Plan of | |||
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constructing a Row-<sic>Yatcht</sic> for his use but with | |||
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a view of making a Present of it to the Empress, | |||
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for her personal <sic>accomodation</sic> when She puts | |||
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in execution her intended Progress next Summer | |||
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to Cherson and the Crimea.</p> | |||
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Copy of a Letter to Sir James Harris K.B.
Sir
As it has made no small part of my happiness,
that my Son in Russia has been honoured with your
friendship; and as he is now in a situation, and
circumstances that have long been the object of his
wishes, and which indeed prompted him, at first,
to quit, for a while, his own Country, professedly
for the means of being the more serviceable to it
in a way the best adapted to his genius, I
flatter myself, I shall find my excuse for
giving you this trouble, in your inclination to
serve him.
If a Perusal of the inclosed Letters from him to
to his Brother and me will not be too great a
trespass upon your time, you will find he is at
present engaged, in compliance with Prince
Potemkin's recommendation, in a Plan of
constructing a Row-Yatcht for his use but with
a view of making a Present of it to the Empress,
for her personal accomodation when She puts
in execution her intended Progress next Summer
to Cherson and the Crimea.
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Identifier: | JB/540/114/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 540. |
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