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one did, more than once, from this very cause. Yet were circumstances
there much less favourable to the growth of differences
than here. Here one of the parties, the very party, over whom the
other is set as a guard, is one who may have the whole force
of personal interest to steel him against concession: there nobody
had any such interest to rivet him to a wrong choice. What
augments the difficulty is, that the possibility of carrying on
the employment to which all the Proposer's views & all his resources
have been directed, is dependent on situation. All his raw
materials, (timber) much of his finished work, are of the bulkiest
kind. Water carriage, and a near Market are absolutely
indispensable.

Of what class too shall the new Supervisors be?
Men of equal figure with the former? Circumstances being
so different, none such may be found willing to accept the
office: or if there are, they may want time or exertion for the
task. Shall they be of inferior respectability? There again the
change is from better then to worse. What a difference between
the function of those new Commissioners & those of the former!

The former, after choosing the spot, were to direct the establishment
that was to be built upon it. The new ones, when they
have made their choice, have put an end to their own existence.
What an office for any one but some very particular connection of
the Proposer's to undertake? What thanks or satisfaction can
they

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Folio number	191	Info in main headings field
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Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	3
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