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"and agreements, as shall be requisite to enforce the execution
"of the same accordingly, and within a time to be limited, "Appointment of Feoffee under the Act — And
Whereas in and by an instrument dated this day the said
piece of Ground has been fixed upon accordingly and the said
Jeremy Bentham appointed sole Feoffee for the purpose of
purchasing the same And Whereas he the said Jeremy
Bentham hath proposed at this own expence but upon such
terms and conditions and for such considerations as are herein
after mentioned, to erect and adapt to the purpose aforesaid a
such penitentiary House. building of a new and peculiar nature invented by Samuel
Bentham Knight of the Military Order of St George of Russia
and Brigadier General in her Imperial Majesty's Service, Brother
of the said Jeremy Bentham, under the name of a
Panopticon or Inspection-House in and by means of which
said building any number of persons may , in as far as it
shall be thought proper , be kept under the inspection of any
person or number of persons in charge thereof during any or
every moment of their respective lives ,
Now these presents witness
and the said Jeremy Bentham for himself his Heirs Executors &
Administrators doth covenant promise and agree to and with the
said Lords Commissioners as also the said Lords Commissioners
for themselves and Successors to and with the said Jeremy Bentham
his Heirs Executors and Administrators in manner following viz:

Article.1. 1 Building at the expence of the Contractor — 2 The said Jeremy Bentham , for and in consideration
of the sum of twenty seven thousand pound to be paid in manner herein
after mentioned , with the addition of such supplemental allowance
as is herein also mentioned, as also in consideration of his being
to be appointed Governor of such Penitentiary House or Houses
when built with such powers and allowances as are hereinafter
mentioned , with such remainders as are also herein after mentioned ,
shall, within one year from his obtaining full and peaceable




Identifier: | JB/115/071/002
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 115.

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1

Box

115

Main Headings

panopticon

Folio number

071

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Image

002

Titles

Category

copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

2

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

d1 / d2

Penner

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Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

37446

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