JB/157/084/001

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Draught of Contract Amended

the said parties hereto according to the Tenor true intent and meaning of the same
respectively Now therefore these presents Witnesses that for and in
consideration of the premises and for divers other good and valuable causes and
Considerations each of them the said parties hereunto respectively moving He
the said Jeremy Bentham for himself his Heirs Executors Administrators and
Assigns Doth Covenant promise and agree to and with the said Lords Commissioners
and their Successors And the said Lords Commissioners for themselves
and their Successors Do and each and every of them Doth Covenant promise
and agree to and with the said Jeremy Bentham his Executors Administrators &
Assigns by these presents in manner following Viz:

Article 1st

The said Jeremy Bentham for and in consideration of the sum of thirty one Amendment
Blank for the sum
thousand pounds to be paid by the said Lords Commissioners or their Successors
at the times in the proportions and manner hereinafter mentioned, And also in
consideration of his being to be appointed Governor of the Penitentiary House intended
to be erected on the aforesaid piece or parcel of Ground,[+] when the same shall be built, Amendment - Insertion
[+] composed of the said Lots A
B and C on the said piece or
parcel of Ground composed
of the said Lots A B & D as afores
the case may be as aforesaid —
with such powers and allowances and also with such agreement respecting the future
appointments of Governor as are hereinafter respectively mentioned shall and will
within the space of twelve Calendar Months next after. He the said Jeremy
Bentham his Executors administrators or Assigns shall have obtained full and
peaceable possession of [+] the Piece of Ground aforesaid at his or their own proper costs Amendment
either of the said pieces of Ground
so composed as aforesaid
and Charges cause to be erected fitted up properly stocked and otherwise in
every respect effectually adapted to or for the purpose aforesaid a Penitentiary
House on some part or parts of the same piece of Ground, of proper Form and
sufficient magnitude and Conveniences for effectually and healthfully confining
maintaining and employing therein one thousand male Convicts or Prisoners at the Amendment
two
least, as also for the proper and convenient Lodging and maintaining of a Chaplain,
Surgeon Taskmaster, Schoolmasters, and such other Officers with their Subordinates
as may be found necessary for the said purposes, in which said Penitentiary House
or Building, or in some other building or buildings, thereto next or near adjacent,
a proper Chapel fit for the use of such Convicts or Prisoners, Officers and Subordinates
as aforesaid, and also a proper and sufficient Infirmirary shall be included
And that such Penitentiary House Chapel and infirmirary with the Storehouses
Warehouses and other Building which may be thought necessary for the
purposes aforesaid shall be respectively erected built fitted up stocked and
adapted and from time to time kept in good and efficient order and repair
to the Satisfaction and good liking of such persons or Persons as the said Lords
Commissioners or their Successors may from time to time think proper to nominate
or appoint for the purpose of Superintending such erections & buildings and the
due performance of this present Contract or agreement on the part and behalf of the
said Jeremy Bentham his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns, which person
or

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	157	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	084	Info in main headings field	draught of contract
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f3 / f4
Penner		Watermarks	j whatman
Marginals		Paper Producer	admiral pavel chichagov
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	53454
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