| Description | 2 pcs. Concerning: coins to be struck at the new Russian Mint; A Collins and his wife and child's arrival at Conigsburgh [Königsberg, now Kaliningrad]; that a letter for Harley from his sister is with Mr Gross; that Boulton was unable, due to illness, to write to James Duncan on speaking to Mr T [Twycroft]; the return of engineers and their being dispatched to either Copenhagen, Hull, or Scotland; Mr Commissioner Greg, son of the late Admiral Greg, and his wife's visit to Soho and the letter he brought from James Smirnove; contracts with the government for one thousand tonnes of copper half pences and pences for Ireland; and Busch's poor state of health after the death of his wife and daughter, his subsequent inability to be sent to Russia, and Boulton's desire for Leizel and another 'ingenius good workman' to be sent to Soho instead to be instructed in the use of the Mint and all its parts. |