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July 4<hi rend='underline'>th</hi> 1795— Mr. Ford's Observations upon a Contract between the
Lords of His Majesty's Treasury & Jer: Bentham Esqre.
for building a penetentiary House, &c &c —

Article 1st. The Title proposed by Mr. Bentham of
Panopticon is in every respect obviously
objectionable — The word in the Act of
Parliament is "penitentiary House", which had
better be retained. —

Article 2d. Instead of having an Estimate made
of the encreased prices of sundry Articles
since March 1793, when the proposals by
Mr. Bentham were delivered, it will be better
to fix the Sum at £30,000.—

The words "wholesome Food" should be
explained specifically, & this may be done
without injuring the principle, upon which
Mr. B. intends to act, as he may enumerate
a number of different sorts of food, and
particularize those kinds, which he means to
supply the persons under his Care with,
provided any Alteration in their Diet
becomes necessary for the purpose of inforcing
amendment &c, but to leave the matter
entirely open under the general Words
"Wholsome Food" would be reposing too great
a discretion in any Government, who is not
only irremoveable, according to the Contract, but

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Date_1	1795-07-04	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	115	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	108	Info in main headings field	mr ford's observations upon a contract between the lords of his majesty's treasury & jer: bentham esqr for building a penitentiary house &c &c
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Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
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