| Description | 2 pcs. Concerning: consulting Count Wasilieff on Boulton's wishes to have Leizel 'or some such person' sent to Soho to continue education in implementing the coining presses and the President of the Mint; Leizel's fear of travelling by water; a candid account of the nature of employment under the crown, 'even during the enlightened reign of Catherine herself'; Touganoff's employment and the difficulty of removing him; the goods from Hull with Southern & Pearson; Walker's exaggerated assertions about the possible outputs by coining presses; the continuation of the building work; the temperature and ice on the Lake of Ladoga; the workmen's wages, mentioning 'H' [likely Harley] as the instigator; the translator; 'D' [likely Duncan]; copper sales; his father Zaccheus Walker's health; letters detained at Cronstadt and Mr Brooker; and current political crises which are disturbing Boulton and Matthew Robinson Boulton.
[6 November 1803 N.S.] |