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into my time, in every one with a wish, and in
some of late with a hope, which now I am on the
point of foregoing, of seeing economy, & that not
as a mere inactive spectator, of seeing improved
economy introduced into it. Yes, Sir, if I may
be allowed to say so, I felt for the public, and that
with still more sensibly perhaps than I do now
before the honourable gentleman had began to feel
for any thing. I will allow him without any dispute
as much public zeal as he pleases to express,
but I will not allow him the monopoly of it. This
is what I apprehend: this is what I expressed
my apprehensions of from the very first: this
comes of being a contracting jailor.

Mr Nepean in the course of this negotiation,
Mr Nepean in observing my eagerness to take
upon me some burthen, or to reject some benefit,
has in his good humoured way, more than once,
called me an old fellow, or told me I was mad. Sir,
with equal good humour towards a man whom
I love & whom every every body loves, permitt me to maintain
against him as well as all gainsayers that a
man may not only take up burthens but push
aside money, & yet be in his sober senses. He
has seen yourself, Sir, for example, (with respect
be it spoken) in addition to the burthen of the
Treasuryship

Identifier: | JB/118/104/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 118.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	104	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d19 / d20 / d21 / d22
Penner		Watermarks
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Notes public	copy of letter 988, vol. 5	ID Number	39158
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