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Click Here To Edit Cuenca 27 September 1822

My dear Sir —

M.r Edward Blaquiere has had the goodness to address to me
through M.r Lavenza, a letter in which he recalls to my mind the generous
affections you entertain towards the liberty of Colombia. This trait of
M.r Blaquiere has awakened in my mind an idea which has been lying
in it in a state of dormancy, for which I cannot by any other means
than the present, hope to make an excuse for myself in your eyes. —
It is some time since, in a time of the most violent agitation, Genl
Devereux put into my hands a packet which I understood was
addressed to me by you; doing me that honor for the benefit of our young
Republic at that time so sharply pressed by legions of exterminators,
I received with the sincerest gratitude a present which could not but be of
high value coming as it did from your hands: but, at that moment
the pressure of circumstances was such, that, forgetting all the admiration
I feel for the author of such admirable works, I left it drowned in the
midst of papers which had but a momentary value; and an urgency which
I at present lament — The fact is, that I was not able to do more than
just to run over the precious communication you favored me with,
which I have not seen since, having led so unsettled and embarassed a life,
and having been obliged to take the whole weight of affairs on my own shoulders.
But, Sir, could you have conceived, that the name of the preception of Legislators
is never pronounced, even in these savage regions of America, without
veneration, nor without gratitude?— I am moreover particularly indebted
to you, for the direct communication, without any particular merit of my own,
of a part of those sacred truths, which you have scattered over the Earth to
fecundate the moral world.— I have paid my tribute of enthusiasm to Mr
Bentham and I hope M.r Bentham will adopt me as one of his disciples,
as, in consequence of being initiated in his doctrine, I have defended
liberty, till it has been made the sovereign rule of Colombia —

I shall not here repeat the motives of gratitude which animate
me, towards the Geometrician of Legislation; but I cannot forbear
entreating that his light may be permitted to reach even here —

To Jeremy Bentham Esqr

I am, with the highest consideration
your obedient Servant —

— Signed — Bolivar—

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Date_1	1822-09-27	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	010	Main Headings
Folio number	007	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	richard doane	Watermarks
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Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	letter 2921, vol. 11	ID Number	3443
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