Add MSS 33537 is a volume in the British Library’s Bentham Papers collection, and contains correspondence to and from Jeremy Bentham, as well as to and from members of Bentham’s family. The earliest manuscript in this volume is dated 1651 and deals with the Bentham family history, but the majority of the material dates from around 1744 to 1775. The manuscripts cover the earliest part of Jeremy Bentham’s life, including his time at Westminster School and Oxford University, up until his admission to the bar and just before the publication of his Fragment on Government (1776).

Some of Bentham’s own correspondence has been published in volume 1 of the Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham (though it will be extremely important to have digital transcripts of the letters for searching and access purposes). However, the majority of the rest of the material, such as letters to and from Bentham’s father, Jeremiah, to people other than Jeremy, have not been published. In these instances, we have an outline index of who the letters are to and from, but not necessarily much idea of their contents. These letters are potentially of great interest, as they could shed light upon how Jeremiah Bentham made his fortune, and more about Jeremy’s family life and background.

Below is an outline of to whom some of the letters are to and from:

• Jeremy Bentham (1748 – 1832): folios 13-14, 41-245, 248-253, 258-297, 300-312, 314-331, 334-336, 339-340, 343-372
• Jeremiah Bentham (1712-1792), father of Jeremy Bentham: folios 1-6, 7-12, 15-22, 24-84, 124-197, 200-211, 216-220, 229-247, 258-265, 272-274, 290-291, 294-295, 307-308, 341-342, 350-354, 359-360, 367-368
• Alicia Bentham (d. 1759), née Whitehorne, wife of Jeremiah Bentham and mother of Jeremy and Samuel: folios 4-12, 15-18
• Samuel Bentham (1757 – 1831): folios 221-257, 260, 266-271, 273-306, 309-312, 314-321, 332-349, 355-358, 361-366, 369-370
• Sarah Bentham, née Farr, widow of John Abbot, and second wife of Jeremiah Bentham: folios 221-222, 254-255, 298-299
• Charles Abbot (1757 – 1829), step-brother of Jeremy and Samuel Bentham, and later 1st Baron Colchester and Speaker of the House of Commons: folios 227-228, 286-287, 332-333,
• Joseph Priestley (1733 – 1804), theologian, scientist, and philosopher: folios 324-331
• Letters to and from Jeremiah Bentham’s tenants and business associates: folios 13-14, 21-25, 39-40, 47-48, 56-59, 64-69, 220, 234-235, 292-293

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