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Examination of Jeremy Bentham Esqr
June 23rd 1798.

Question. The Draught of an intended Contract,
between the Commissioners of the Treasury and Yourself, for
the confining maintaining and employing Convicts, in
Penitentiary Houses to be Erected by you, being before the Committee,
and it appearing, from Documents that have been laid before
the Committee, that in the year 1794 a sum of £2000
was advanced to you, to enable you to make preparations
relative to this Business, you are desired to State whether
you have made such preparations, and whether you are
now in readiness to Sign and carry into execution the
intended Contract?

Answer. I am in perfect readiness to so my part in the business,
and have been so little less than five years. In
consequence of a proposal submitted by me in March 1792
and approved of matters were so far advanced that in July
1793 I was twice called upon, and both times in the same
Terms, to "take my arrangements". I had at that time, in
conjunction with my Brother Brigadier General Bentham
expended some thousand Pounds in bringing into maturity
a System of Inventions of his, for executing by Machinery,
and consequently, as to the greater part of the Business,
without the aid either of dexterity or Good will, the most considerable Branches of Woodwork; besides many
Branches of Stonework, and Metalwork. Upon the
repetition of the above orders, in concert with my Brother

Identifier: | JB/117/098/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 117.
Date_1	1798-06-23	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	117	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	098	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles	examination of jeremy bentham esqr / june 23rd 1798
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner		Watermarks	g & ep 1794
Marginals		Paper Producer	fr3
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1794
Notes public		ID Number	38715
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