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<p> my desire as you will <del>be</del> <add> see </add> by the last paragraph of my paper<lb/>is to <add> go <a/dd> down and take possession of my command as soon <lb/>as it is given me <del>and</del> but as soon as I have got full <lb/>accounts of everything and found out who I can best <unclear>trust</unclear><lb/>ti I then mean to return here which I hope would be <lb/>in the course of this next winter. My wish then is to go <lb/>through Sweden to England and pay you all a visit.</p> <p>I should <del>have</del> <add>then</add> not only have seen what people and machines <lb/>are wanting but I hope also I should have made agreements<lb/> with private people upon some such terms as <lb/>I have mentioned and should therefore know what <lb/>I should have occasion for to assist me in those<lb/>undertakings, as well as what I should want for the service <unclear>of</unclear> <lb/>the crown. With respect to workmen however particularly for <lb/>the mines it would be from Germany not from England that <lb/>I <add>should</add> think of procuring them, and of those as few as possible, for <lb/>I wish to <sic>shew</sic> what Russians can be made to do.</p> <p>I believe there are upwards of 50 thousand men attached to the <lb/>several works in question. Of the greatest part of them however<lb/>it is only required that they cut down a certain quantity of <lb/>wood instead of paying head money.</p> <p>My prospects <del>app</del> are very fair, but I consider nothing as <lb/>certain. As however the empress has said it shall be, every <lb/>body else speaks of my being in her service as <del>certain</del> absolutely fixed <gap/></p> | |||
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my desire as you will be see by the last paragraph of my paper
is to go <a/dd> down and take possession of my command as soon
as it is given me and but as soon as I have got full
accounts of everything and found out who I can best trust
ti I then mean to return here which I hope would be
in the course of this next winter. My wish then is to go
through Sweden to England and pay you all a visit.
I should have <add>then not only have seen what people and machines
are wanting but I hope also I should have made agreements
with private people upon some such terms as
I have mentioned and should therefore know what
I should have occasion for to assist me in those
undertakings, as well as what I should want for the service of
the crown. With respect to workmen however particularly for
the mines it would be from Germany not from England that
I should think of procuring them, and of those as few as possible, for
I wish to shew what Russians can be made to do.
I believe there are upwards of 50 thousand men attached to the
several works in question. Of the greatest part of them however
it is only required that they cut down a certain quantity of
wood instead of paying head money.
My prospects app are very fair, but I consider nothing as
certain. As however the empress has said it shall be, every
body else speaks of my being in her service as certain absolutely fixed
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Samuel Bentham |
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