JB/115/065/001

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Articles of Agreement had, made, concluded and agreed
upon this day of in the thirty fifth eighth
year of our Sovereign Lord George the 3rd, by the Grace of
God of Great Britain France and Ireland King, Defender of
the faith and so forth: and in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, between The Right
Honourable the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury
on the part and behalf of his Majesty of the one part and
Jeremy Benthamm of Lincoln's Inn Esquire, of the other part.

Whereas in and by the Statute passed on the seventh
day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
and ninety-four and of his Majesty's Reign the thirty fourth
intitled An Act for erecting a Penitentiary House or Houses for
confining and employing Convicts it is provided among other
things that the Commissioners of the Treasury for the time being
after fixing upon a certain piece of Ground therein described
for the purpose of causing to be erected thereupon one or more
Penitentiary House or Houses, for the purpose of confining and
employing in hard labour such Convicts as are therein also
described, and appointing a Feoffee for the making purchase
thereof in manner therein also mentioned, may contract or
agree with any person or persons for the erecting and building
one or more Penitentiary House or Houses upon the said
ground in such manner and under and for such considerations,
terms, conditions, powers, limitations and restrictions
as the said Commissioners shall deem necessary and expedient,
and shall cause to be inserted in such Contract or
Contracts such lawful clauses, covenants, and agreements, as shall

Identifier: | JB/115/065/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 115.
Date_1	1795	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-3
Box	115	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	065	Info in main headings field	draught of contract
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d1 / d2 / d3 / d4
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	37440
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