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George R
Kings Warrant Jeremy Bentham Esqr £2000 to enable him to make the necessary preparations for the custody of the Convicts to be confined in proposed Penitentiary Houses £6,,13,,6 Our Will and Pleasure is that by virtue of Our
General Letters of Privy Seal bearing date the 5th day of November
1760, you do issue and pay or cause to be issued and paid out of
any Our Treasure or Revenue in the Receipt of the Exchequer applicable
to the Uses of Our Civil Government unto Jeremy Bentham
Esqr or to his Assigns the Sum of Two Thousand Pounds by way
of Imprest and upon Account to enable him to make such
preparations as may be necessary for the custody and care of
the Convicts proposed to be confined in the Penitentiary Houses
intended to be erected at Battersea Rise or on such other Piece
or Pieces of Ground as may be appropriated for that purpose
And for so doing this shall be your Warrant Given at Our
Court at Saint James's this Eleventh day of June 1794 In
the Thirty fourth Year of Our Reign

ToBy his Majesty's Command
The Commissioners of Our Treasury,/
W Pitt
R Hopkins
J. Smyth

Jeremy Bentham Esqr £2000 to enable him to make the necessary preparations for
the Custody of the Convicts to be confined in the proposed Penitentiary Houses.

Identifier: | JB/115/089/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 115.
Date_1	1794-06-11	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	115	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	089	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	legal document	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c1 / c2
Penner		Watermarks
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Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	37464
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