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Corporal Lediard of the marines,12 an intelligent man, was, at the same time, directed to accompany Derramoushk, for the purpose of gaining farther information; and with orders, if he met with any Russians, that he should endeavour to make them understand that our voyagers were Englishmen, and the friends and allies of their nation.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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Corporal Lediard of the marines,12 an intelligent man, was, at the same time, directed to accompany Derramoushk, for the purpose of gaining farther information; and with orders, if he met with any Russians, that he should endeavour to make them understand that our voyagers were Englishmen, and the friends and allies of their nation.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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So far as I was concerned, the old works of Lediard, Entick,
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With this convoy, Lediard, in the month of August, reached
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Robert Kerr 1784
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On the 10th, Lediard returned with three Russian seamen, or furriers, who, with some others, resided at Egoochshac, where they had a dwelling-house, some store-houses, and a sloop of about thirty tons burthen.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Robert Kerr 1784
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Some years after this voyage, viz. in 1786, Lediard, by birth an American, resolved on a pedestrian excursion across his native continent; for which purpose, he, first of all, fixed on travelling to Siberia, whence he expected to be able to obtain a passage to its north-west coast.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Robert Kerr 1784
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Lediard of the marines, [12] an intelligent man, was, at the same time, directed to accompany Derramoushk, for the purpose of gaining farther information; and with orders, if he met with any Russians, that he should endeavour to make them understand that our voyagers were
Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods Andrew Kippis 1760
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* Lediard, Campbell, and all other naval htftorians have reported ail
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Lediard beftows the following pointed and particular commendation on his conduA upon this occafion.
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Corporal Lediard, of the marines, an intelligent man, with orders, that if he met with any Russians, he should endeavour to make them understand that we were English, the friends and allies of their nation. [
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Robert Kerr 1784
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