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1820 Apr. 10
J. B. to Carlile
Sir
Understanding that in some of your publications
lists are given of the sums contributed by various
persons towards your relief under the sufferings punishment to which you
are doomed for your defense of religious liberty, as together likewise
with the names of the contributors in so far as they have
been made known to you for that purpose, I write this to
desire your acceptance of a small contribution at my
hand.. and to on which occasion if you the in your
opinion my name at the bottom of this letter will be of
use to you & you or to your cause, I know of no objection on my part have no objection
to your insertion of it inserting it.
A distinction which at the same time At the same time to prevent all and consequent misconception
misrepresentation I must at the same time beg express my desire your permission to have to declare that it is
beg you to enable me to manifest it to the support of religious liberty alone and not to the support
of any of the opinion that you have contributed to
promulgate, that this my together with as well as so many other of
my my sincere and zealous endeavours howsoever confessing have been
is directed. In that imorstrand diffusion, which, if it depended upon
me, I would give to all your writing, without exception
my endeavour would be neither more nor less than to give put place religion in all
its forms and the religion of Jews in particular on that footing on which it stands in that
country in which it is most respected. I mean the
North American United States. in that country on which
the ground it stands upon is that of its own strength: in that country
in which the those writings for the dissemination of which you have
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