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<p> Every thing goes as well as it can go.</p> <p> do not fail to send me my <foreign><hi rend="underline">Bibliothica Maritima</hi></foreign> by the first<lb/>post though you should not have time to write a single word. I hope <lb/> you have taken care to provide another copy of it.</p> <p> Send also any other papers which you have of mine or for me which <lb/> can come by means of M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Sneyd.</p> <p> Remember that when ever it is required to send <add> by sea</add> any instruments &c <lb/> of steel, even <unclear>trass</unclear> to prevent their being rusted or discoloured it <lb/> is safest if not absolutely | <p> Every thing goes as well as it can go.</p> <p> do not fail to send me my <foreign><hi rend="underline">Bibliothica Maritima</hi></foreign> by the first<lb/>post though you should not have time to write a single word. I hope <lb/> you have taken care to provide another copy of it.</p> <p> Send also any other papers which you have of mine or for me which <lb/> can come by means of M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Sneyd.</p> <p> Remember that when ever it is required to send <add> by sea</add> any instruments &c <lb/> of steel, even <unclear>trass</unclear> to prevent their being rusted or discoloured it <lb/> is safest if not absolutely necessary to shut them up air tight<lb/>Corked & sealed in bottles or soldered in thin lead or tin </p> <head>Books</head> <p> A Treatise on Practical Seamanship by Will<hi rend="superscript">m</hi> Hutchinson <unclear>Mariner</unclear> <lb/> & Boat-master at Liverpool 1777. Printed & sold for the author at all the <lb/> principal Sea ports in Great Britain. I brought it at a Mathematical <lb/> Instrument makers in Fairhill, price I think 12 shillings.<lb/>Falconers Dictionary. Pleschijeff had desired me to send for <lb/> these two books for him but I think I <sic>wont</sic> do it yet it may <lb/> convenient for me to let him have mine in case of my returning <lb/> to England this summer.</p> <p> In Dr Falk's account of weighing Vessels page 33 in a note he speaks <lb/> of a book he published which procured him much esteem under the <lb/> title of "Ready Observator", enquire if it is to be had & send it <lb/>Page 31 of another work of his under the title of Seaman's <lb/> Medical Instructor. This work of his about day's diving Bessel<lb/> is very short of what I expected. The Philosophical reasoning is very <lb/> bad. His contrivances however were ingenious and his public spirit<lb/> very extraordinary. Hutchison's book mentioned about <gap/> <lb/> excellent work and astonishment <del> in a </del> with respect to the Philosophiocal<lb/> reasoning, considering the <hi rend="underline"> apparent</hi> education of the man being originally<lb/> Cook onboard a Collier. He was however acquainted with <lb/> Ferguson and Smeaton and from them no doubt he profited <lb/> very much. Some of his best ideas he has "stolen by <hi rend="underline">anticipation" <lb/> from <hi rend="underline">me</hi> but I forgive him because he gives proof of their <lb/> expediency.</p> <pb/> <p> M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Shairp told me M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Foster never <gap/>, <lb/> but it was but the next day that M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Pleschijeff brought his <lb/> old Tutor to see me. He looks as well as ever I remember <lb/> him and still reads every night & <sic>till</sic> 12 or 1 in the morning<lb/> without spectacles. He <sic>staid</sic> 3 or 4 hours with me. he seemed<lb/> very happy that I had <add> been </add> with Pleschijeff. He had had lodgings <lb/> in the English line but when the <sic>Dutchess</sic> of Kingston came <lb/> here she insisted upon his coming to her house.<del> <gap/> </del> He <lb/> had not been out of doors before for a great while not because<lb/> he was ill but because he found no pleasure in going out in <lb/> winter weather. He desired me to give particular remembrances <lb/> to you & my father the first time I wrote. His <sic>Dutchess | ||
</sic> is going <lb/> to Dresden <del>next</del> soon because people <sic>dont</sic> respect her enough here. She keeps open house but <sic>cant</sic> prevail upon any but Russian <lb/> Officers who want a dinner to come & see her. The <gap/> is <lb/> polite to her in public but she has no private conferences<lb/> which is what she expected and what she had herself put <lb/> into the English papers.</p> <p> Foster returns to England with <lb/> Sambowski probably the beginning of June. The latter <gap/> <lb/> years <del> rate</del> comes back here to establish his <unclear>Agricultural | |||
</unclear> <gap/> <lb/> He is to have the sons of poor clergy <del. to make </del> <hi rend="underline">who</hi> <add> are <lb/> free men from the profession of their father though <add> poorer many of them </add> <gap/> <lb/> than slaves. A Village is to be built near here and he is to be <lb/> the chief <hi rend="underline">Pape</hi> of it (the name they give to their priests). <lb/> He has money also for building a Greek church in London <lb/> He takes <gap/> I believe some of these <gap/> of Papes<lb/> with him to England. I have got my boxes which he <lb/> brought over for me. Shairpe found them out for me. Sambowski <lb/> is not come here yet.</p> <pb/> | |||
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Every thing goes as well as it can go.
do not fail to send me my Bibliothica Maritima by the first
post though you should not have time to write a single word. I hope
you have taken care to provide another copy of it.
Send also any other papers which you have of mine or for me which
can come by means of Mr Sneyd.
Remember that when ever it is required to send by sea any instruments &c
of steel, even trass to prevent their being rusted or discoloured it
is safest if not absolutely necessary to shut them up air tight
Corked & sealed in bottles or soldered in thin lead or tin
Books
A Treatise on Practical Seamanship by Willm Hutchinson Mariner
& Boat-master at Liverpool 1777. Printed & sold for the author at all the
principal Sea ports in Great Britain. I brought it at a Mathematical
Instrument makers in Fairhill, price I think 12 shillings.
Falconers Dictionary. Pleschijeff had desired me to send for
these two books for him but I think I wont do it yet it may
convenient for me to let him have mine in case of my returning
to England this summer.
In Dr Falk's account of weighing Vessels page 33 in a note he speaks
of a book he published which procured him much esteem under the
title of "Ready Observator", enquire if it is to be had & send it
Page 31 of another work of his under the title of Seaman's
Medical Instructor. This work of his about day's diving Bessel
is very short of what I expected. The Philosophical reasoning is very
bad. His contrivances however were ingenious and his public spirit
very extraordinary. Hutchison's book mentioned about
excellent work and astonishment in a with respect to the Philosophiocal
reasoning, considering the apparent education of the man being originally
Cook onboard a Collier. He was however acquainted with
Ferguson and Smeaton and from them no doubt he profited
very much. Some of his best ideas he has "stolen by anticipation"
from <hi rend="underline">me but I forgive him because he gives proof of their
expediency.
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Mr Shairp told me Mr Foster never ,
but it was but the next day that Mr Pleschijeff brought his
old Tutor to see me. He looks as well as ever I remember
him and still reads every night & till 12 or 1 in the morning
without spectacles. He staid 3 or 4 hours with me. he seemed
very happy that I had been with Pleschijeff. He had had lodgings
in the English line but when the Dutchess of Kingston came
here she insisted upon his coming to her house. He
had not been out of doors before for a great while not because
he was ill but because he found no pleasure in going out in
winter weather. He desired me to give particular remembrances
to you & my father the first time I wrote. His Dutchess
is going
to Dresden next soon because people dont respect her enough here. She keeps open house but cant prevail upon any but Russian
Officers who want a dinner to come & see her. The is
polite to her in public but she has no private conferences
which is what she expected and what she had herself put
into the English papers.
Foster returns to England with
Sambowski probably the beginning of June. The latter
years rate comes back here to establish his Agricultural
He is to have the sons of poor clergy <del. to make who are
free men from the profession of their father though <add> poorer many of them
than slaves. A Village is to be built near here and he is to be
the chief Pape of it (the name they give to their priests).
He has money also for building a Greek church in London
He takes I believe some of these of Papes
with him to England. I have got my boxes which he
brought over for me. Shairpe found them out for me. Sambowski
is not come here yet.
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