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It was neither forgetfulness, inattention, nor want of
respect, that were the causes of my not giving you my
poor opinion (as you requested) on the subject of Executions,
but a very unhappy mind, on domestic affairs, which
has driven me almost to desperation; and, indeed, it
would be not wonder, if such were to be the final issue
of the business, which has harrassed me almost to
death. In this state, you will not be surprized to find,
that the few thoughts, I have communicated, are crude,
hurried, and without method. Such as they are, you
have them. I am ashamed of so many erasures and
interliniations; but I had neither fortitude nor resolve
to make a fair copy. Your own investigation of the
subject will furnish you with many
documents, as well as arguments, on
the subject of Executions; better calculated
than any thing I have said, to
do away the disgrace which they are to our country; and
from you they will have weight. Pursue then, I beseech you,
to the abolishing of Executions, and you will deserve
ten thousand times more from that country, than ever
Howard did. My situation in life is too insignificant, to
have any attention paid to my opinions. Besides, as one
of the Alderman said, when I expressed some such thoughts
as I have now given to you, "Pray, be quiet, Doctor, and keep
"your mind to yourself! If there were no executions, there
would be no occasions for an Ordinary." Verbum sapienti.

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Date_1	1803-01-08	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	009	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	025	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	rev. dr thomas forde	Watermarks	tw 1796
Marginals		Paper Producer	francis hall
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1796
Notes public	letter 1772, vol. 7; also printed in bowring, xi, 143-144	ID Number	3326
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