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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.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	1
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
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1800
Notes public		ID Number	38810
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