person
P. M. Svobodny
Svobodny
also: П. М. Свободны, Svobodny
A personal acquaintance of Chekhov's entrusted, in (6 October 1889), to hand-carry proof of Chekhov's work to Pleshcheyev in person -- recommended as "a thoroughly sober and reliable man" -- and asked to report on Moscow weather in person; otherwise unidentified beyond this letter.