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rest, I should think that satisfactory Vouchers might be collected:
although, the Money being my own, and no conception entertained
of any occasion for accounting to or with any body on the subject,
I had no reason for keeping Vouchers as such. In March 1793,
on my applying for the £2000, which I did through Mr
Nepean (then under Secretary in the Home Department) my
Brother delivered or produced to the Gentleman, a hasty
Sketch of an account, drawn up in obedience to a suggestion
made at the moment for that purpose. At that early stage of the
concern, it contained (I remember) Articles to the amount of
above £4600: after which it was needless to lookout for more.
Upwards of £500 of it was for Patents, which are become of
so old a date, that before I could make any advantage of the
Inventions in the proposed Penitentiary House, more than half
the terms would be expired.

After a variety of unsuccessful attempts, in which no inconsiderable
part of the Money was expended, we had already succeeded
in executing, by Machinery, Planing work — Sawing work from
large Timber down to Fineers od an unexampled Fineness —
Wheelwork in the small and in the great — Window sashes
(the greater part of the Workmanship) — Sawing and Polishing of Stone — besides
a variety of Branches of inferior account — and the number was increasing every Day.

Question 4th. What Ground is it now proposed should be
purchased for the purpose of the Establishment? <lb/. Answer. A part of Tothill Fields; together with such
such addition from the Grounds adjacent (and which may be
purchased under the existing Act) as shall be necessary to
make up the Quantity allotted to the Establishment by that Act.
Question 5th. The Committee have understood that certain difficulties have attended the choice of the Spot: — should
these difficulties prove unsurmountable in the instance of Tothill

Identifier: | JB/117/099/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 117.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	117	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	099	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f5 / f6 / f7 / f8
Penner		Watermarks	j whatman
Marginals		Paper Producer	admiral pavel chichagov
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	38716
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