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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./ OrdrJn Dm Ent. After Our hearty Commendations ; By Virtue of His
Majesty's General Letters of Privy Seal bearing date 5 Nov.
1760 and in pursuance of a Warrant under his Royal Sign
Manual dated the 11 Day of June 1794 These are to pray
and require You to draw an Order for paying 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 let the said Order be satisfield out of any
money in the Receipt of the Exchequer applicable to the
Uses of His Majesty's Civil Government For which this
shall be your Warrant. Whitehall —

Treasury Chambers 17. day of June 1794

To
The Auditor of the ReceiptMornington
of His Majesty's Exchequer.Rd. 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 proposed Penitentiary Houses

Identifier: | JB/115/089/002 "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	002	Titles
Category	legal document	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c1 / c2
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	37464
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