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<p>St Petersbourg <del> <gap/> </del> <add> Nov<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> 28<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> </add | <p>St Petersbourg <del> <gap/> </del> <add> Nov<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> 28<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> </add> 1780 OS</p><p>I received today yours of the 14<hi rend="superscript">th</hi>. Our correspondence just now seems to go<lb/> on <sic>tollerably</sic> well, this however will not long be the case as I <add> believe I</add> shall shortly<lb/> set off upon another journey to the distant parts of this country.</p> <pb/> <p> Dec:<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> 10<hi rend="superscript">th</hi>I have put off writing to you Post after post in hopes of being able <lb/> to give you some interesting news with respect to myself : but I am now no <lb/> better able to do it than I was 2 months ago. Can you be satisfied & happy<lb/> at knowing that in general I am in a very promising train, and that though <lb/> it is not yet determined whether my beginning will be in this country, yet <lb/> many circumstances recur to favour the prospect I have of distinguishing myself one <lb/> day or other in my own. What I expect however to afford you the greatest<lb/> immediate satisfaction is the assurance I can give you that the allowance<lb/> my father is so kind as to make me will (with the very great oeconomy<lb/> which <add> I have</add> habituated myself to ) furnish me with subsistence in the mean time.</p> <pb/> <p> Dec<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> 20<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> I am mad with myself now for having delayed writing to you so long as <lb/> I promised in my last than you should hear from me again in a day or two.<lb/> Yours of the 29<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> of Nov<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> is just now come to hand. I only now write that you may not <lb/> think the bears have eaten me. I may perhaps set off very soon for Arcangel<lb/> I may perhaps go to Czernobyl. I may perhaps be prevented from doing either<lb/> by a money getting <del> <gap/> </del> invention of mine which occupies me just now.<lb/> Continue to do as you have done these last <del><gap/> </del> 2 or 3 letters, write to me about<lb/> yourself and give me all the information you get about the Marine or any new <lb/> inventions and suppose that I am following the most advantageous pursuits.<lb/> I am sure you would approve of what I do if you know all my circumstances, <lb/> but I cannot enter into the necessary <sic>disenssions</sic> and your advice can not be <lb/> at present of any use. My friend is so taken up that though he regrets</p> | ||
St Petersbourg Novr 28th 1780 OS
I received today yours of the 14th. Our correspondence just now seems to go
on tollerably well, this however will not long be the case as I believe I shall shortly
set off upon another journey to the distant parts of this country.
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Dec:r 10thI have put off writing to you Post after post in hopes of being able
to give you some interesting news with respect to myself : but I am now no
better able to do it than I was 2 months ago. Can you be satisfied & happy
at knowing that in general I am in a very promising train, and that though
it is not yet determined whether my beginning will be in this country, yet
many circumstances recur to favour the prospect I have of distinguishing myself one
day or other in my own. What I expect however to afford you the greatest
immediate satisfaction is the assurance I can give you that the allowance
my father is so kind as to make me will (with the very great oeconomy
which I have habituated myself to ) furnish me with subsistence in the mean time.
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Decr 20th I am mad with myself now for having delayed writing to you so long as
I promised in my last than you should hear from me again in a day or two.
Yours of the 29th of Novr is just now come to hand. I only now write that you may not
think the bears have eaten me. I may perhaps set off very soon for Arcangel
I may perhaps go to Czernobyl. I may perhaps be prevented from doing either
by a money getting invention of mine which occupies me just now.
Continue to do as you have done these last 2 or 3 letters, write to me about
yourself and give me all the information you get about the Marine or any new
inventions and suppose that I am following the most advantageous pursuits.
I am sure you would approve of what I do if you know all my circumstances,
but I cannot enter into the necessary disenssions and your advice can not be
at present of any use. My friend is so taken up that though he regrets
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