Journey Through Russia and Siberia, 1787-1788: The Journal and Selected LettersUniversity of Wisconsin Press, 1966 - 293 pages |
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... wrote on Ledyard's behalf to his friend and relative , Louis Philippe , Count de Ségur , French ambassador in St. Petersburg . 10 It was to Grimm that the empress finally stated her decision on Ledyard . On June 17 , 1786 , she wrote ...
... wrote on Ledyard's behalf to his friend and relative , Louis Philippe , Count de Ségur , French ambassador in St. Petersburg . 10 It was to Grimm that the empress finally stated her decision on Ledyard . On June 17 , 1786 , she wrote ...
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... wrote him crisply : " I have told you all I had to say about Mr. Ledyard " ( # 7 ) . Neither Grimm nor Lafayette had heard this news when the latter wrote Jefferson on August 2 referring to a sum he had himself advanced to Ledyard above ...
... wrote him crisply : " I have told you all I had to say about Mr. Ledyard " ( # 7 ) . Neither Grimm nor Lafayette had heard this news when the latter wrote Jefferson on August 2 referring to a sum he had himself advanced to Ledyard above ...
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... wrote the order , however , could not possibly have known that Ledyard had temporarily joined the expedition so recently . Ledyard did not even meet Billings and his men until November 24 in Yakutsk ( Ledyard's date ) , and did not ...
... wrote the order , however , could not possibly have known that Ledyard had temporarily joined the expedition so recently . Ledyard did not even meet Billings and his men until November 24 in Yakutsk ( Ledyard's date ) , and did not ...
Contents
A Biographical Sketch | 3 |
Significance and Problems of Interpre | 32 |
Siberia in the Eighteenth Century | 53 |
Copyright | |
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