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'' | <!-- This section is organised in two columns --> <p> Crechoff Feb 10/21. I arrived here after a variety of unexpected<lb/> and unfortunate delays, this day sennight:<lb/> and now I may without scruple make use of the <lb/> first opportunity for sending off these two sheets of my <lb/> history. The joy produced by the re union of your two <lb/> sons after a separation of 5 1/2 years may be left to <lb/> their father to conceive. The paper will scarce hold any<lb/>thing more: but it will not be long before you have another <lb/> Take in the mean time a very general sketch<lb/> of the events which filled up the <add>long</add> interval between the <lb/> first and the last dates of this long letter. After crossing <lb/>the <hi rend="underline">Sinjuka</hi> through a deal of dirt and with a deal of <lb/> difficulty I reached Olvipol the 6<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> day I think it<lb/>was after my arrival at the opposite shore. I had then <lb/> 4 or 5 days more to kick my heels alone at the Quarantine<lb/> House. My journey from Olviopol to Kremenchuck<lb/> took me 4 days of which one was spent amusingly <lb/><add> enough</add> </p> <pb/> <!-- second column --> <p> enough at St Elizabeth at the house of a rich old farmer<lb/> of the Brandy-duties. There, as indeed at Olviopol I found<lb/> myself treading on what to me was much better than classic<lb/> grounds: grounds on which Sam had trod in the company you <lb/> know of. At Kremenchuck I had the good fortune to meet<lb/> with <sic>Lieut. Col.</sic> Fanshaw and <sic>Col.</sic> Chevalier de Ribas.<lb/> The former has the only remaining one except Sam's of the <lb/>ten independent Batallions. The other, half an Englishman<lb/> by the mother's side, has a regiment of horse. I <sic>happen'd</sic> to<lb/> have a letter of introduction to gen. Linilnikoff the Governor<lb/> of the Province: but Fanshaw told me, and as I had reason<lb/> to think truly that the best introduction I would have had<lb/> was the relation I bear to Sam. I had then the satisfaction<lb/> of hearing of his existence after a 1/2 years interruption<lb/>of all intelligence. I was detained there a fortnight by a <lb/> rascally Major who pretended to want for nothing but passable<lb/> roads to set our for Dubrovna a place of the <unclear>Pr</unclear> <lb/> within a post or two of Crichoff, and who after all left<lb/> me in the lurch. I was obliged in his stead to take up <lb/> with one of a small party of Sam's <sic>batallion</sic> whom my <lb/> good starts had sent to Kremenchuck some months before.<lb/> From Kremenchuck to Crichoff took me from Thursday <lb/> night to Tuesday <add> last</add> inclusive. And <gap/> for the present I must end.</p> <pb/><!-- at the other end of the page --> <p> Direct for either of us at Critchoff to the care of the Portmaster at Riga.</p> <pb/> <p> To <lb/> Jere:<hi rend="superscript">h</hi> Bentham Esq.<hi rend="superscript">r</hi><lb/> Queen Square Place<lb/> Westminster<lb/> London</p> | ||
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Crechoff Feb 10/21. I arrived here after a variety of unexpected
and unfortunate delays, this day sennight:
and now I may without scruple make use of the
first opportunity for sending off these two sheets of my
history. The joy produced by the re union of your two
sons after a separation of 5 1/2 years may be left to
their father to conceive. The paper will scarce hold any
thing more: but it will not be long before you have another
Take in the mean time a very general sketch
of the events which filled up the long interval between the
first and the last dates of this long letter. After crossing
the Sinjuka through a deal of dirt and with a deal of
difficulty I reached Olvipol the 6th day I think it
was after my arrival at the opposite shore. I had then
4 or 5 days more to kick my heels alone at the Quarantine
House. My journey from Olviopol to Kremenchuck
took me 4 days of which one was spent amusingly
enough
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enough at St Elizabeth at the house of a rich old farmer
of the Brandy-duties. There, as indeed at Olviopol I found
myself treading on what to me was much better than classic
grounds: grounds on which Sam had trod in the company you
know of. At Kremenchuck I had the good fortune to meet
with Lieut. Col. Fanshaw and Col. Chevalier de Ribas.
The former has the only remaining one except Sam's of the
ten independent Batallions. The other, half an Englishman
by the mother's side, has a regiment of horse. I happen'd to
have a letter of introduction to gen. Linilnikoff the Governor
of the Province: but Fanshaw told me, and as I had reason
to think truly that the best introduction I would have had
was the relation I bear to Sam. I had then the satisfaction
of hearing of his existence after a 1/2 years interruption
of all intelligence. I was detained there a fortnight by a
rascally Major who pretended to want for nothing but passable
roads to set our for Dubrovna a place of the Pr
within a post or two of Crichoff, and who after all left
me in the lurch. I was obliged in his stead to take up
with one of a small party of Sam's batallion whom my
good starts had sent to Kremenchuck some months before.
From Kremenchuck to Crichoff took me from Thursday
night to Tuesday last inclusive. And for the present I must end.
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Direct for either of us at Critchoff to the care of the Portmaster at Riga.
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To
Jere:h Bentham Esq.r
Queen Square Place
Westminster
London
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Samuel Bentham |
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