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Salonas 4 May 1824.

My Dear Mr. Bentham

You desired me to write to you. Pardon my having so long
delayed complying with your commands.

Your most valuable manuscripts I presented to the Representatives
of the Greek people. They recd them with expressions of
deep-felt gratitude, & promised me that they would consult
them as their wisest Oracle & act accordingly.

Monsr. Negra who is the ablest man in Greece & professes wise
principles of Good is labouring at a Code. He sought to
make it palatable to the people he must make them
believe that it was framed after the model of the Bizantine
code. I condemned this quackery & told him to read Dumonts
works. He then desired me to put him in correspondence
with yourself. I promised to take the liberty, provided
he would act up to your advice. He consented so I shall
forward to you his letter. Were your Codes ready they wd.
I think be immediately adopted in Greece. Your works
are known & admired here by the few who are educated.

The State of Greece is not easily conveyed to the mind of
a foreigner. The people Society is formed 1st of the Primates who
lean to Oligarchy or Turkish principles of few, 2d. of the
Captains who profess democratick notions, but who
are in reallity for power and Plunder; and lastly
of the people who are irreproachable in character & of
course desire to have a proper weight in the constitution.
Macrocordato The people of the Pelloponnese are much
under the influence of the Civil & Military Oligarchs.
Those of Eastern & Western Greece are chiefly under the

Identifier: | JB/012/279/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Date_1	1824-05-04	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	012	Main Headings
Folio number	279	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	leicester stanhope	Watermarks
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Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	letter 3097, vol. 11	ID Number	4340
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