File NLW MS 272C - John Thomson: Letter from St Petersburg

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NLW MS 272C

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John Thomson: Letter from St Petersburg

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  • 1770 (Creation)

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32 pp. 230 x 195 mm. Bound in buckram

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Formerly in the collection of Egerton Grenville Bagot Phillimore

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A letter from John Thomson of St Petersburg, dated 30 August 1770, apparently written to a friend in Scotland who had at one time resided in Russia. The letter gives an account of various Scottish and English people residing in Russia at the time and also of the financial and political conditions of the country.

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  • English

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English

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Creator ref. no.: Williams MS 474

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Preferred citation: NLW MS 272C

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vtls004287437

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(WlAbNL)0000287437

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  • Text: NLW MS 272C.