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In Mr Fords paper it is assumed that of Mr Ford assumes, as it was very natural for
him to do that of the £27000 15,000 was for the Building, since
£15,000 is the difference between the £27000 the
sum demanded for the first year, and £12,000
the sum demanded for every subsequent year for
the 1000 Prisoners, and an inference equally
natural was that as Government had paid that
sum once for the building to Mr Bentham, it should not have to pay that sum
over again to his Representatives. But no such
has of distinction was ever drawn by on
either party either side till now . "Mr Bentham's proposition
was gave Mr Campbell £27000 for every ever — "Land with a fixed price to it has been allotted appropriated to the purpose of Penitentiary House — You
"year (which then at the time of his framing his proposal <add>appeared was to be the same upon the fee of the</add>
only documents then public)) was actually the case for maintaining Prisoners on the Hulk Plan — Give me that sum for
"the first year only , I will find buildings &c I will
"buy the land , I will find buildings &c and for
"every other subsequent year I will maintain the same number
"for £12,000. Here then you have the Penitentiary
Plan for half at for in the first year for at no more than the expence of the Hulk Plan , and for every other
year for little more than half that expence". This
was the proposition acceded to : not a syllable
so much as muted about refunding any part of
the money : the Mr Bentham's having the fee simple
of
the land in fee simple was incompatible with it. Afterwards it




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115

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panopticon

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114

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001

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text sheet

Number of Pages

1

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recto

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f11

Penner

jeremy bentham

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37489

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