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<p>in order to learn | <p>in order to learn those businesses, <del>kept</del> <add>maintained</add> all the whole at Dashkoff's <sic>expence</sic>, & are <lb/> to be detained by Sam as long as he thinks proper. Another Russian 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. That <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, where 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 those businesses, kept maintained all the whole at Dashkoff's expence, & are
to be detained by Sam as long as he thinks proper. Another Russian 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. That 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, where 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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Samuel Bentham |
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