| Description | Concerning: the death of Count Vasilieff [Vasilyev] and the appointment of a new Minister of Finance; the inquiries made by Mr Novosittzouff; the wages of the workmen and their disappointment; William Speedyman's presentation of this letter and advice from Zaccheus Walker Jr to Matthew Robinson Boulton to listen only cautiously to Speedyman's opinions of the other workmen; Duncan's necessity to stay the winter in St Petersburg due to his wife's illness; Mr Goloubzsoff's inspection of the machinery; the final arrangements of the accounts; and Zaccheus Walker Jr's dismay at the continued lack of correspondence from England but revived spirit as 'the term of my imprisonment as a hostage betwixt you & the Russian government is fast approaching.'
[19 October 1807 N.S.] |