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§.7.E.1
Bentham to Long
19 Mar 1799
Wise wants to be
at a certainty -
stops repairing
Public money saved
if his Tenants had
notice to quit - Ld
S's offer prayed as
a precedent for Ws
§.7.E.2.
Bentham to Long
12 Aug 1799
Armed Letter - inclosing
Wise's offer -
terms exorbitant. No
unwillingness to sell -
no hardship in correcting
the exorbitance
by the Act.
§.7.E.3.
Bentham to Long
12 Aug 1799-
Unarmed Letter on
the same subject
§.7.E.4.
Smith to Long
10 June 1799
offer of Tothill
Fields
§.7.E.5.
Smith to Long 18 June 1799
offer of Willow Walk
piece.
§.7.E.6
Smith to Long
6 Aug 1799
offer of small private
Road piece.
§.87.E.7.
Bentham to Long
3 Decr 1799
Presses proceeding
about Wise's Land -
Prior Letters recapitulated.
§.7.E.8
Bentham to Long
11 Decr 1799
Note, pressing for
proceeding on the
above
§.7.E.9.
Bentham to Long
8 Mar 1800
reference to Survey
or General about
Wise's Land never
communicated to
J.B. Harrison has
done nothing - makes
idle pretences.
§.7.E10.
Bentham to Long
15 Mar 1800
Harrison acknowledges
secret instructions
contrary to his
official ones.
§.7.E.11.
Bentham to Nepean
15 Mar 1800
Inclosing the above.
- Mr Long afraid
to encounter Mr
Nepean.
§.7.E.12
Smith to Bentham
14 June 1800
Resents the ill usage
to Wise - has rejected
other offers - suffered
in his property -
will take a months
further neglect as
a refusal. not sent by
by J.B. till 23 July 1800
K.g.
§.7.E.13.
Bentham to Nepean
19 June 1800
mentions the above
letter - Wise now
ready to treat on
fair terms.
§.8.F.1
Bentham to Long
17 Aug 1799
for prisoners, what
number to be built
for? When the returns
gave but
1885 Long had assented
to 2,000 - now they
give 2588 for Peace -
& that not a minimum
besides Ireland
§.8.F.2
Bentham to Nepean
21 Septr 1799
Convicts consignable
to Panopticon should
not be purposely
kept in the Jails -
Reasons - Plan of
Jail confinement
illegal - uneconomical
- Buildings expence
20 times as great as
in Panopticon in
Cold Bath Fields -
affords no post liberation
employment.
Narrowing
Panopticon would
render the illegality
irretrievable. -
§.8.F.3.
Bentham to Nepean
21 Septr 1799
Building experience -
Panopticon about 1/20th of Cold Bath Fields
about 1/13th of Blackburne's
plan - Rose
called that outrageously
extravagant
though the 12 Judges
&c approved of it -
would not allow
Panopticon to be
compared with it -
£57,000 for 3,000
Prisoners would
not be excessive.
§.8.F.4.
Nepean to Bentham
24 Septr 1799
Has spoken to Long
on the subject -
has written to King.
§.8.F.5.
26 Septr 1799
Proposes form for
reference from Treasury
to Secretary
of State - Long's pretended
reference
proved to be no
more than loose
talk - Difficulty
of getting any thing
done - Nepean to
give the form as
his own - In J.B.'s
hands the expedient
succeeded once - failed
a second time
§.8.F.6
Nepaean to Bentham
27 Septr 1799
Appointment.
§.8.F.7
Long to King
27 Septr 1799
Asking the Duke
concerning the number
to be built for
§.8.F.8.
Bentham to King
30 Septr 1799
Asking a hearing
on the number to
be built for before
decision. -
§.8.F.9.
Duke of Portland to Treasury
14 Octr 1799
Pretends to have
examined the Acts
puts a groundless
interpretation on
them - Confusion &
inconsistency - Will
not allow Panopticon
any convicts that
can either be
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