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1820 Novr 2d

J.B. to Mora

Thursday 2d. Novr

A cold sweat followed the paragraph about the liberticide law
yesterday as I heard it, for this is the only way in which
my eyes admit of my taking cognizance of Newspapers. I
am throwing out the ideas incoherently to an amanuensis as
they arise. This is destined to a copy company accompany the copy of a
letter addressed to the Portuguese which went by last post to
a Lisbon friend of B'sowring's. He speaks of it as problematical
whether the La Isla Army is really disbanded or not. If not, you
will judge whether my letter on the liberticide measures might
be productive of effect among them. If so, and if it be a impracticable
or unadvisable, to print a translation for general sale,
they might perhaps be printed for distribution there and
elsewhere: and the 20L which by this time is at your command
may be applied to the purpose. Your refusal of the
10L hampers me sadly, and will hurt the cause unless you
retract it and will therefore prevent me from thinking so
well of you as I would wish to do. For circumstanced as you
are how can I bring myself to send any thing to you or
desire any thing from you that would saddle you with
expence? But I will forgive your applying to the purpose
abovementioned in addition if necessary to the twenty
pound if you will allow me to replace it. [Hayes, the
Irish Priest, who by his negociations for the Irish at home
is I suppose known to you, is endeavouring to set up a
London weekly Newspaper under the title of the Catholic
of civ advocate of civile and religious Liberty-Men,
on the other side of the question, admit him to be a
man of good character for probity as well as talent.
It is destined for commencement the 10th of this month
but all my friends but the old Major are apprehensive
that the name of the old Major which he puts upon
some of his papers of proposals will sink it by the
for eternal repetition apprehension of the old Major's trash and name.
It was he that by drawing out the Men of name &




Identifier: | JB/013/038/001
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 13.

Date_1

1820-11-02

Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

013

Main Headings

rid yourselves of ultramaria

Folio number

038

Info in main headings field

jb to mora

Image

001

Titles

Category

correspondence

Number of Pages

1

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

d3 / e3

Penner

richard doane

Watermarks

Marginals

Paper Producer

Corrections

jeremy bentham; john flowerdew colls

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

[[notes_public::letter 2706, vol. 10; "1 decr these to be eventually copied today" [note in bentham's hand]]]

ID Number

4487

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