| Content Description | Thanks Harley for informing him of the satisfaction with his endeavours; discusses the difficulty of pleasing all of the merchants; thanks the duke for considering him for a 'less remote' position; regrets the postal system which means that he becomes aware of events at the same time as Harley and is unable to produce anything more than 'lame and confused' information; says his applications on behalf of the merchants are often ineffectual because he has not seen the Czar or his ministers for over a year; explains that the 'scene of action and Councill' is over 1000 English miles away; explains that he only knows that which Mr Schapfiroff 'thinks fit to let me know' and that he is not always well informed.
Requests that he be removed; complains of the lack of intelligent conversation, opportunities and convenience of his position; says the taxes are very high as a result of the war; discusses his progress in obtaining an account of the 'manuscript's in the Czar's library'.
Letter marked 'Private'. |