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before then (I mean that of the 7th of July 1794) that I persevered in
it. Had it been said to me in those Days — these powers are
employed in other cases, but they will not be in yours, my property
would have remained undissipated, and the Committee would
not have had this trouble

Tothill Fields possesses two properties essentially necessary
to the execution of my Plan: Vicinity to the Metropolis, and
Vicinity to Water Carriage: in my Manufactory Raw Materials
and finished Work are both of the Bulkiest Kind, and a prompt
communication with the Market is indispensable. Vicinity
to the Metropolis is a condition much insisted upon by the
original Planners of the Penitentiary System (and most of
all by Howard) for the purposes of example and inspection. If
a place could exist, of which it could be said that it was in no
Neighbourhood,it would be Tothill Fields. Two Prisons, and
four or five Poor-Houses of different sorts, already in existence,
will surely be sufficient to shut the door against objections on
the Score of Neighbourhood. I can say from measurement,
that no House of an Account superior to a Tradesman's or a
Public House, stands with in Quarter of a Mile of the intended
Building.

The persons principally interested in the Character of Proprietors,
have been applied to with that respect and reverence which
is their due: a formal or decided consent is more than I have to
boast of; but Symptoms of acquiescence were manifested, and none
of opposition. The opinion of their Professional advisor was
declaredly in favour of the measure.

To speak with confidence of the dispositions of several
thousand Inhabitants, possessing rather a nominal than
a real Interest in the character of Commoners, will not be expected, of an Individual by whom they have not been canvassed
but as far as assurances can be depended upon, from a quarter
the best qualified of any for affording such assurances, assistance,
much more likely than opposition, would be to be
expected from that source. They had authentic notice long ago,
(though from another quarter) and not the smallest Symptom of
opposition was then manifested, nor has been since.

Identifier: | JB/117/099/004 "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	004	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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