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Memorandum of a Counter-Agreement or Contract having reference to a
Contract or Agreement of this same date between the parties hereunto viz:
John Donne of Milbank in the Liberty of Westminster Nurseryman and
Jeremy Bentham of Lincolns Inn Middlesex and Queen Square Place
Westminster Esquire. —

Whereas in and by the said Contract it is agreed that if the said
John Donne his Executors &c at the requisition of the said Jeremy Bentham
of his successors shall quit the premises on that behalf mentioned on the
25th day of this instant March then and in that case the said Jeremy
Bentham &c shall pay and the said John Donne &c shall accept the
sum of ₤603..19</unclear> in full satisfaction as well for the right and interest of
the said John Donne in the said Premises as for all damage which
may accrue to him by reason of his quitting the same on the said 25th of March

And whereas in regard to the Nursery Ground part of the said
Premises it may chance not to be necessary for the purposes of the Act of Parliament
in the said Contract mentioned that possession of the same should be
quitted so soon as the 25th of March next ensuing. —

Now therefore it is hereby covenanted and agreed by and between
the said Parties that if the said Jeremy Bentham &c shall permit the
said John Donne &c quietly to retain until the 29th of September next ensuing
possession of the said Nursery Ground then and in that can he the said
John Donne shall and will in lieu of the said sum of ₤500 in the
said Contract mentioned as parcel of the said sum of ₤683..19 accept the
reduced sum of ₤200 to be paid to him &c on the said 29th day of September.

And that if the said John Donne should in like manner be permitted
to retain such possession until the 25 of December next ensuing then and
in that case the said compensation money shall be further reduced from ₤200 to ₤100

Identifier: | JB/117/173/001 "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	173	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner		Watermarks	1798 am
Marginals		Paper Producer	frances wright
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1798
Notes public	see note 2 to letter 1516, vol. 6	ID Number	38790
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