Francis Dashwood [ Association / Associational culture ]
… 2 had no issue entrusting a young Dashwood with vital political correspondence about the ongoing events at the court of St. Petersburg, stating that Dashwood’s presence afforded him the licence ‘to write with more freedom’. 3 As a … (Macmillan, 1967), p. 16. 2 . George Forbes was a navy officer and diplomat who acted as an envoy to the Russian court under Czarina Anna between 1733 and 1734. 3 . The letter can be found at the National Archives, Kew, with the … account of St. Petersburg, the journal proves Dashwood an insightful and observant commentator, concerning himself with court etiquette, the military, religious institutions, infrastructure and so forth. 8 . The manuscript of this diary can …
Blasphemy | Diaries | Grand Tour | Politics | Religion | Secrecy | Travel
Encyclopedia