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The alone will 17 £ english.
Saturday Dec: 18th Answer to IB's Letter
The Prussian Minister certainly would be the best means of
introducing your Code to the King but in case you had no
better, it might be done by the means of my friend the
Margrave of Schidt first cousin to the King from whom I
have received so much honour and expression of friendship, and
especially as he desired me to write to him as soon as I
was arrived at Petersburg. I have not yet found time to
give you an account of my reception & detention at his
Court: but I will sometime or other.
Continue to direct your letters here although I shall not
stay more than a fortnight if I dont succede. that time
I shall stay at any rate. Letters must pass through here
the expenc wont be severe and nor any great delay.
Mears's book I wrote agree about.
With respect to Symp it is all gone. lost. never used.
I shall begin another letter for you this afternoon.
I have set up since I have been here generally till 1
or 2 in the morning and never in bed after 7. I was
obliged to do this to write thus much to you as you
know I take a good deal of time to deliberate upon
thing I do. and you may imagine I have
gh at present to deliberate about.
I hope you dont expect I should even have read all
this over after having written it much less that
I should have given any time to correct the first
expressions that came into my head.
is certainly the best of men you for you or
for me or indeed a for any body, were it not
for his tache how should know how I think
not to run a danger ing by that part of his
Character. He had temptations to
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