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' | <p> a wharf for building of Ships, nothing is <sic>omited</sic> to <lb/> make the harbour Safe, and every means are <lb/> taken to render it a commercial town; your brother<lb/>seized the opportunity of going with him, & <lb/> in less than two days set off, notwithstanding all <lb/> I could do to dissuade him, representing the <lb/> offers which were made to him for entering <lb/> into the Service, he hoped to be soon back<lb/> and <sic>flatter'd</sic> himself to reap greater advantages <lb/> from those offers, by meeting at Cherson a <lb/> certain man in power, in whose hands this <lb/> business chiefly <sic>lyes</sic>, but as his going there <lb/> was not very certain, I advised him to stay, <lb/> and be ready to strike the iron whilst hot it <lb/> is: regardless to all, he preferred to Satisfy <lb/> his curiosity, and went away charging me <lb/> with the care of his things, books, chariot <lb/> Servants, &c. Since which, I have received but <lb/> one letter from him, wherein he seems to be <lb/> well satisfied with his Journey and does not <lb/> determine positively the time of his coming <lb/> back to Petersbourg, where his business calls <lb/> aloud for his return, and what is more, hints <lb/> about his going to Constantinople if an opportunity </p> | ||
a wharf for building of Ships, nothing is omited to
make the harbour Safe, and every means are
taken to render it a commercial town; your brother
seized the opportunity of going with him, &
in less than two days set off, notwithstanding all
I could do to dissuade him, representing the
offers which were made to him for entering
into the Service, he hoped to be soon back
and flatter'd himself to reap greater advantages
from those offers, by meeting at Cherson a
certain man in power, in whose hands this
business chiefly lyes, but as his going there
was not very certain, I advised him to stay,
and be ready to strike the iron whilst hot it
is: regardless to all, he preferred to Satisfy
his curiosity, and went away charging me
with the care of his things, books, chariot
Servants, &c. Since which, I have received but
one letter from him, wherein he seems to be
well satisfied with his Journey and does not
determine positively the time of his coming
back to Petersbourg, where his business calls
aloud for his return, and what is more, hints
about his going to Constantinople if an opportunity
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Identifier: | JB/539/061/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 539. |
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1780-07-02 |
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539 |
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Correspondence |
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Sergius Pleschejeff |
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