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13 Mr Benthams Memorial

to the whole amount of their several claims, yet he has received the
requisite assurances, that, on payment of a moderate sum, he could
at any time have possession of such a portion of land, as would be
sufficient for the immediate Site of the building; and which, from the
borings and other observations he has made, he looks upon as the
best adapted for that purpose. And Your Memorialist hereupon
begs leave to say, that, for the sum of £500, if it were Your Lordships
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-- £500 requested, for a spot
for the immediate Site
of the Building --

pleasure to advance the same to him on account, he would undertake
to obtain, the immediate possession, of such portion as above mentioned:
the surplus of such sum of £500, if any, to be carried to the account
of the remainder of the sum to be issued for the buying out of the
said Leases: Your Memorialist humbly begging of your Lordships to
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-- Causes of delay --

consider — that, under the plan of negotiation prescribed to him as
above, any delay or difficulty that may yet remain, respecting the
claim of any one out of the upwards of twenty persons, interested as
Occupiers or otherwise, has, and may continue for an indefinite
length of time to have, the effect of putting an entire stop to the whole
business: how inconsiderable soever may be the quantity of land, if
any, in the occupation of such person; and whether the possession there
of be indispensably necessary to the said intended Establishment, or
(h) no: — that thereby, and for want of a sum in hand, applicable to the
(h) See Notes
purpose of obtaining immediate possession, of such portion of Ground
as might be necessary, and sufficient, to be made use of in the
first instance, as and for the immediate Site of the said intended
Building, at such casual times, and in such proportions as the
several Occupiers may be able to spare the same, Six months
and




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Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

11-13

Box

118

Main Headings

panopticon

Folio number

205

Info in main headings field

mr bentham's memorial

Image

001

Titles

Category

copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

2

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f13 / f14

Penner

Watermarks

1798 <…>m

Marginals

Paper Producer

frances wright

Corrections

jeremy bentham

Paper Produced in Year

1798

Notes public

see note to letter 1541, vol. 6

ID Number

39259

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