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Narrative History

Of the purchase made of the Estate of the Marquis
of Salisbury at Millbank Westminster for the
alledged purpose of a National Penitentiary Establishment:
and of the causes which have hitherto
prevented the application of it to that use: addressed
to

The Right Honourable the Lord Pelham His
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the
Home Department. —

1
Disposition expressed
in the letter of 4 May
1798 to carry into
effect the contract
never converted
into Act

I suppose your Lordship to have before you
the statement of the proceedings in relation to the establishment
as contained in my examination dated the 28th
of June 1798 and printed by order of the House of Commons
in the Appendix to the 28th Report of the Committee of
Finance. I suppose your Lordship to have read the Letter
dated Treasury Chambers 4th May 1798 and signed Charles
Long
, printed in pp.65 of that same Appendix, in which
the "Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury" are made
to say "they have always felt a disposition to carry into
"effect the Contract"
... "for the erection of a Penitentiary House"
"whenever a proper spot of ground for the purpose of
"the said building could be obtained
": a disposition so warm
and so sincere, on the part of those whose province it is
to act & think for their Lordships, that from that time
till



Identifier: | JB/117/193/001
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 117.

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Box

117

Main Headings

panopticon

Folio number

193

Info in main headings field

narrative

Image

001

Titles

history of the purchase made of the estate of the marquis of salisbury at milbank westminster for the alledged purpose of a national penitentiary establishment: and of the causes which have hitherto prevented the application of it to that use

Category

copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

1

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f1

Penner

Watermarks

1800

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Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

1800

Notes public

ID Number

38810

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