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still exist) where nobody would ever be offended by
the Nuisance, since nobody would ever see it. Yes, my
Lords: it was precisely for the sake of shutting the
Door against all such Scenes of irresistible Temptation
and unfathomable Intrigue, of unregulated Choice, of
private or political favor, and undue preference, that
the original Act wisely called in to its aid, the very
collection of Persons, the least exposed to Temptation
and to suspicion, that the Country affords, and these
are the Persons whose Opinions your Lordships have
been solicited to set aside. —

27.
On Memorialist's requisition,
the Board
stand engaged
to confirm the
choice —
1. by the faith
of the treaty —

But being warranted then at least, to adopt the
choice humbly prayed for by your Memorialist,
and precluded, by considerations of Decorum at
least, from looking out for any other, and moreover
hereby humbly solicited by your Memorialist to
adopt such Choice, your Lordships' Justice stands
Engaged, as your Memorialist humbly insists, to
a compliance with such his Prayer. Your Lordships'
Justice stands engaged, in the first place by the
faith of the Treaty, in pursuance of which the late
Statute was brought in — By the Treaty, Administration
stood engaged to your Memorialist, to
fix upon the Spot stipulated for by him, if
authorised by Parliament to Contract, and unless



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Marginal Summary Numbering

27

Box

118

Main Headings

panopticon

Folio number

057

Info in main headings field

Image

001

Titles

Category

copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

2

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f29 / f30

Penner

Watermarks

coles

Marginals

Paper Producer

patrick colquhoun

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

see note to letter 988, vol. 5

ID Number

39111

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