Dumont to John Badollet, September 8, 1784
| Description: |
Dumont begins by chastising Badollet for not writing to him in more than 2 months. He then goes on to talk about the trip to St. Petersburg from Geneva, which went well aside from his mother’s seasickness, but his sister’s husband had a stroke not two weeks after they had arrived. Furthermore, his congregation in Russia is small, no more than 40 or 50, and he sees corruption on a daily basis—though some of the nearby landowners are decent, and he still finds St. Petersburg magnificent. |
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| Origin: | 1784-09-08 |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll35/id/27 |
| Collection: |
Vincennes University Archives |
| Copyright: |
Digital image © 2015 Vincennes University. All rights reserved. |
| Geography: |
United States -- Indiana -- Knox County -- Vincennes -- September 8, 1784 |
| Subjects: |
Badollet, John, 1757-1837 -- Correspondence Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 |
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