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It was received & with more satisfaction I make no doubt than
the Editor who has the reputation of a selfish skinflint, & withall none of
the honestest of his species thought it consistent with policy to express. In
sending it to him, my wish was to augment not only the usefulness, but
the currency of that periodical vehicle of general information: looking upon
it as I do as being upon the whole the most useful at present of any
that as yet is in existence. Making known to him this my desire, & at
the same time & at the same time the opportunity I conceived to have
of conveying packets to you in Colombia, I put it to him whether he
wd second my views by supplying me with a stock more or less extensive
of Mon. Mags. for your use to serve as samples: making observation to
him at the same time of what I had heard concerning a multitude of English
already settled in Colombia & the increasing probability of more. On
this same occasion or another, he had presented me with a specimen which
you will see of his Mon. Collect. of Voyages & travels. I shall inform him of
my intention of handing over to you, & the result will shew you whether the
projected nest egg has caused the hen to lay any more.

Your book on France had till lately lain on my shelf without exciting
much expectation. The country with every thing that passes in it being so
generally known, the work had presented itself to me as a sort of commercial
speculation & with reference to my own pursuits & occupations
not affording a promise of much interest. Out of this torpor I was not
long ago awakened by the assurance given me by some friends that at the conclusion

Identifier: | JB/012/062/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Date_1	1822-05-17	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	012	Main Headings	codification proposal (codification offer)
Folio number	062a "a" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 62.	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	richard doane	Watermarks
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Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	letter 2882, vol. 11	ID Number	4123
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