| Description | Dear Friend,
It did not occur to me when I wrote to you last night that I had a clean copy of letters I wrote to Mr. Home and Mr. Gascoigne on the subject of a discharge for Mr. Gascoigne from his creditors, which I send you with this to keep as a record.
On the 9th current Messrs. Stevenson & Salt wrote to me that in Took's (or Tock's) Account of Russia, Vol. 3, p. 420, 421, it is said that 'in the Goverment of Olmutz is a grand cannon foundery under the management of Charles Gascoigne, esqr., at a salary of 30,000 rubles per annum, where iron cannon are cast of excellent workmanship by means of a cupola furnace.'
I rejoyce to hear good accounts of your health.
I am ever yours,
Samuel Garbett
[Below this is the following calculation, in Boulton's hand]
8/30000
3750£ sterling
With the letter is the following:
Copy letter. Samuel Garbett [Birmingham] to George Home [Edinburgh]. 4 Oct. 1802.
Copy letter. Samuel Garbett [Birmingham] to George Home [Edinburgh]. 18 Oct. 1802.
Copy letter. Samuel Garbett [Birmingham] to George Home [Edinburgh]. 25 Oct. 1802.
Copy letter. Samuel Garbett [Birmingham] to Charles Gascoigne (-). 2 Mar. 1803.
Copy letter. Charles Gascoigne (Petrozdvodsky) to Samuel Garbett [Birmingham]. 6 Apr. 1803 (old style).
Copy letter. Samuel Garbett (Birmingham) to Charles Gascoigne [Petrozdvodsky]. 31 May 1803.
[Six transcripts on one sheet. The letter from Gascoigne is dated at the Imperial Foundry.] |