| Description | 4 pcs. Mentioning: Captain Welford; tin boxes delivered to Mr Smirnove with a list of their contents; a package of silver and silver gilt money for Count Vassilieff [Vasilyev]; Novazittzoff [Novosittzouff]; Mr Lebretz the engraver's potential offence and Boulton's imperative that it be understood the coin pieces are to demonstrate superior coining, not superior engraving; the preservation of moneying dies and Boulton's fear that 'the moneyers will be more deficient than the machinery'; Busch's illness since his wife's death and that Boulton felt it would be 'cruel' to send him to Russia and separate him from his young children; General Hitroff, who Mr Smirnove says is a favourite with the Emporer Alexander I; the Copenhagen Mint; and the activities of the Watt, Boulton, Collins, and Walker families. |