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It not the that Bentham first became
acquainted with Dumont who He devoted a great part of what
remained of his life to transcribing the works & giving
legislative effect to the opinions of Bentham both in
Switzerland & as far as he was able, in France, through
Mirabeau his friend & in some sort, pupil. It
was through Lord Lansdowne the acquaintance was
cemented & I find the strongest recommendation of
Dumont’s aptitude in Lord L.’s letters. But of Mirabeau
Lord L. had a very mean opinion. He says of him
“As to Count Mirabeau I always looked upon
"our friend Romilly as a man of great honor &
"discretion but I have been always astonished at
"his courage in risking a connection with such
"a man. In short I am not at all afraid of you
"should you be engaged in a controversy with him
"but it’s madness to hazard any communication
with him.” Mirabeau seems however to have been
very inattentive to Romilly’s correspondence – for in
a letter of Romilly says in a letter to Bentham – “He (Mirabeau) never writes to
me – nor answers my letters.”

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	009	Main Headings
Folio number	103	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	linking material	Number of Pages	2
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Penner		Watermarks	g h green 1834
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1834
Notes public		ID Number	3404
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