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1824 May 12 Greece. Hon. Leicester Stanhope to J. Bowring esqr.— extracts relating to J.B.

Messalougie 28 Decr. 1823

"I have had another hot fight in defence of the
P. Dr. M came to me & said that Bentham's re—marks
on the American press ed not appear un the pros—pectus.
I told him they must or I wd retire from
my connection with him & his papers. It has appeared.
You will judge of the importance of the impression that
this passage must make ib me about to legislate
on the measure & on a people about to stare & wonder
at something new."

17 Jany 1824.

"The press you sent has been made over to Dr SS.
Mayer of Messalougie. The doctor had previously the
us of a press. but it being an indifferent one & belong
ing to the opinate who refused to publish Mr. Bentham's
remarks in the prospectus, I thought it desirable to se—cure
the freedom of writing & publishing by placing our
press in the hands of a bold, honest and intelligent Swiss."

18 Jany 1824

"I have caused many articles on publicity from
Buy Deumont & others to be translated for inser—tion
in the G. Chruo. To give additional weight to these
writings with the ignorant, I have written on the
subject of characters. The following is an exam—ple:
— "We understand that Mr Bentham has di—rected
Col & to send to England two Greek boys

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Identifier: | JB/012/168/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Date_1	1823-12-28	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	012	Main Headings
Folio number	168	Info in main headings field	greece hon. leicester stanhope to j. bowring esqr - extracts relating to jb
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e1
Penner	richard doane	Watermarks	j whatman turkey mill 1824
Marginals		Paper Producer	jonathan blenman
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1824
Notes public		ID Number	4229
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