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<p>in order to learn their business, <del>kept</del> <add>maintained</add> all the whole at Dashkoff's <sic>expence</sic>, I am <lb/> to be detained by Sam as long as he thinks proper. Another Russiam Friend<lb/>of Sam's has begged of Sam to take any number of <hi rend="underline">his</hi> peasants for the<lb/> same purpose: we shall take about a dozen, with a few girls perhaps for<lb/> other business. By Benson we got a letter from M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Henderson by which<lb/> we learnt that he arrived <del>in</del> to our great <sic>surprize</sic> in the <sic>Crim</sic> so early as <lb/> in February: his letter of the 7<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> of March: another letter sent by post three<lb/> weeks before is not yet arrived.</p> <p> We are going to be great Farmers: a spot with many capabilities, <lb/> pretty already & susceptible of further beautification: some hundred acres of <lb/> grass land in good order & regularly <sic>overflow'd:</sic> horses for nothing: men<lb/> some for nothing, and others for next to nothing: many thousand loads of<lb/>Dung likewise for nothing: a navigable river deeply indenting & almost<lb/> surrounding the estate, these with others I have no room for, <del>form</del> are pretty<lb/> strong temptations. We are now busy in measuring & surveying: by the next <lb/> post or next but one we shall know and then you shall know a little <lb/> more of the land than we do at present.</p> <p> Dashkoff's regiment is just <sic>order'd</sic> to Kiev where it will probably<lb/>be stationed for a year or two. This <add>town</add> is about mid way between this & <lb/> the Crimea: a halfway house . He <sic>tender'd</sic> me a promise to stay here 5 years<lb/>I accepted upon condition of his spending as many weeks with us in every<lb/>year, which he agreed to: but you know what materials promises, especially<lb/> such promises are made of. he is to <del>vi</del> revisit us in September:<lb/> we are too busy to make visits: my great apprehension is Sam's being ordered<lb/> away to the Crimea, when indeed his <sic>Batallion</sic> is expected. We made it the <lb/> <add> great</add> Prince's interest to prevent this. I hope he will understand his interest & pursue it</p> | |||
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in order to learn their business, kept maintained all the whole at Dashkoff's expence, I am
to be detained by Sam as long as he thinks proper. Another Russiam Friend
of Sam's has begged of Sam to take any number of his peasants for the
same purpose: we shall take about a dozen, with a few girls perhaps for
other business. By Benson we got a letter from Mr Henderson by which
we learnt that he arrived in to our great surprize in the Crim so early as
in February: his letter of the 7th of March: another letter sent by post three
weeks before is not yet arrived.
We are going to be great Farmers: a spot with many capabilities,
pretty already & susceptible of further beautification: some hundred acres of
grass land in good order & regularly overflow'd: horses for nothing: men
some for nothing, and others for next to nothing: many thousand loads of
Dung likewise for nothing: a navigable river deeply indenting & almost
surrounding the estate, these with others I have no room for, form are pretty
strong temptations. We are now busy in measuring & surveying: by the next
post or next but one we shall know and then you shall know a little
more of the land than we do at present.
Dashkoff's regiment is just order'd to Kiev where it will probably
be stationed for a year or two. This town is about mid way between this &
the Crimea: a halfway house . He tender'd me a promise to stay here 5 years
I accepted upon condition of his spending as many weeks with us in every
year, which he agreed to: but you know what materials promises, especially
such promises are made of. he is to vi revisit us in September:
we are too busy to make visits: my great apprehension is Sam's being ordered
away to the Crimea, when indeed his Batallion is expected. We made it the
great Prince's interest to prevent this. I hope he will understand his interest & pursue it
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Correspondence |
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Samuel Bentham |
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