b° ° k na]S; notes, and other manufcripts, of Peter the Great, written
■ -■ with his own hand : thefe papers fufficiently ihow. the indefatigable
pains, with which that great monarch noted down
the minuted circumftances, that might prove ufeful in his ex-
teniive plans for the civilization and aggrandifement of his
country. Mr. Muller has lately given to the public feveral
letters and other pieces of this kind, which throw a confider-
able light upon the tranfadions of Peter & reign, and afford
Unking inftances of his perfevering genius.
From the archives we repaired to the univerfity, alfo
fituated in the Khitaigorod : it was founded, at the inftance
of count Shuvalof, by the empreis Elizabeth, for fix hundred
ftudents, who are clothed, boarded, and inftruded at
the expence of the crown. We were received, with great
civility, by the diredor of the univerfity and profefiors, who
conduded us firft to the printing-office belonging to their
fociety. One of the- prefles being at work, feveral ffieets
were ftruck off and prefented to us as fpecimens of the Ruffian
printing f, upon looking at them we were furprized to
find a complimentary addrefs to ourfelves in the Englilh and.
Ruffian languages, o f which the following is a fac-ftniile.
This
►ecimen of the Ruffian print was pre-
d to the Right honourable LORD
HERBERT on his Travels thro’Ruffia, accompany’d
by Captain Floyd & Mr. Coxe\ on their honouring:
the Imperial Univerfity of Mofco with a friendly viiit
this * i Day of September 177&.
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