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To the Lord High Treasurer, &c.
My Lord,
Mosco, Nov. 29, 1997.
IN my last of September 25, which carried my sincere Compliments on your happy Advancement, and being declar'd Prime Minister and Treasurer; sent you the fullest Accounts I was able of the State of Things here, and the good Condition they stand in, by our last Treaty of Commerce. This Court indeed, has not forgot the fatal Blow we gave their Naval Power in the Baltick formerly, and the great Restraint we keep them under ever since; yet, as they see there is no hope of bettering their Affairs, by living on ill Terms with us, they seem determin'd to try to gain upon us, by all the Friendship and Favour they can shew us in our Commerce here. I shall omit no Opportunity, to improve this good Inclination towards us according to my former Instructions, and your Lordship's Commands; and as this People arevastly
