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Remarkable occurrences in the life of Jonas Hanway, Esq
Remarkable occurrences in the life of Jonas Hanway Esq Author:John Pugh Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: firefentations made by Mr. Elton to the honourable Mr. Fynch, at that time his Britannick Majefty's minifter at St. Peterf- . burgh ; and in 1742 Mr. Elton we... more »nt again into Perfia, commander oŁ one.. of two fhips built by the factors for the more effectually "carrying into execution their plan; but actuated by ambition, or difgufted at fome part of his principals' conduct, he deferted the caufe he was engaged in, and entered into the fervice of the ufurper Nadir Shah, ai " Superintendant of the Perfian coaft of " the Cafpian," with defign to build mips in the European manner,. for the navigation of that fea . This defertion of the principal agent in the defign gave great offence to the Ruffian court, and alarmed the factors fo much, that they determined to fend one of their company into Perfia to fuperintend the trade ; and Mr. Han- way, on his own voluntary offer,. was' agreed on' as the perfon. His known integrity and perfeverance, joined to the B 5 inlereftintereft he had in the trade, gave the other favors great hopes of fuccefs through his means; and they trufted their enterprife to his conduct with implicit confidence. On the loth of September, 1743, after making the neceffary difpofition for his journey, he fet out from St. Peterfburgh, with an interpreter, who had been before in that part of Perfia into which he was going, a clerk, a Ruffian menial fervant, a Tartar boy, and a guard ; having under his care a caravan of thirtyrfeven bales of Englifh cloth, making twenty carriage loads, and arrived at Mofcow, then but lately the capital of Ruffia, in ten days from his de- . parture, the diftance being 734 werfts, or 487 Englifh miles. " It is too much the cuftom in RufTia " for officers, or perfons who travel with " fervants or foldiers, to treat the pea- " fants...« less