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Here, Sir, ends the intended Memorial. But
in the course of my conversation with Mr Long,
some hints fell from that gentleman, which could
not, as it seems to me, be with equal propriety
taken notice of in any such paper, and which at the
same time seemed too material not to be reported,
Sir, to you. His notion was, that there might be a
spot found, such as is or might be made equally
eligible, somewhere on Hounslow Heath, inasmuch
as it has, or is at one time or other to have, the
benefit of water carriage. My answer was, that
such a spot, it it does exist (for I know of no navigable
canal as yet existing on Hounslow Heath)
would not by any means be equally eligible: not
with a view to the public service; for want of
equal vicinity to the great seat of public inspection,
the Metropolis : not with a view to my
own private economy ( an object essentially connected
with the public service ) for want of equal vicinity to that great depôt of raw materials and finished
goods.

On my speaking of the faith of the engagement,
and of the old spot as the basis of the proposal that
had

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	068	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d5 / d6
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
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Notes public	letter 988, vol. 5	ID Number	39122
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