JB/124/037/002

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Preamble

2
Ground chosen —

And whereas in pursuance of the said Act
a proper spot of ground at Battersea-Rise
consisting of 80 Acres or thereabouts [+] [+] of which the Fee
Simple was and is in
the Archbishop of York
in right of his See
and of which William
late Earl Spencer then
was and George John
now Earl Spencer now
is Lessee for lives
under the said See, having
after great consideration and rejection of
divers other spots situations been at an interval
of upwards of two Years from the passing
of the said Act, to wit on or about the 18th of June
1782, approved of by the said Board of Controul
as the properest spot for the said purpose And and
as sufficient not only for one such that one of the said intended Penitentiary Houses for
which the same had been originally originally been chosen, but for [+]2
[+]2 both such Penitentiary Houses, the
price thereof was on the 10th day of Sept.
1782 duely assessed by the Verdict of a Jury at £6,600,
of which Verdict for the better exhibition ascertainment of the
parcels of the said Land a true copy is exhibited
by the Paper marked A in the Schedule
hereunto A annexed:

Identifier: | JB/124/037/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 124.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	1-4
Box	124	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	037	Info in main headings field	panopticon bill
Image	002	Titles	[[titles::chap. [ ] general panopticon-penitentiary act: or an act for the punishment and reformation of felons, by means of a penitentiary house of new invention, to be stiled the general panopticon penitentiary-house]]
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d1 / d2 / d3 / d4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	41726
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