Spring way of queen during Alexis I of Russia
We aren’t told just where Imperial Commissar John Hebden met Samuel but it was most likely in England, possibly in London. Hebden was looking for physicians to engage for the Czar’s court and England was one of the primary places for educated doctors. Continue reading
Memorial plaque for Samuel Collins, Jr.
St. Michael’s, Braintree, Essex
Most of Samuel’s writing was the usual correspondence with family and friends. His one published work is “The Present State of Russia; In a Letter to a Friend at London; Written by an Eminent Person residing at the Great Czars Court at Mosco for the space of nine years.” This was published, by a friend, in 1671 after Samuel’s death. Continue reading