JB/169/113/001

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My Lord,
In the course of the conversation I was last
honoured with (no part of which will be very speedily forgotten
by me) your Lordship I think was pleased to drop a hint or two concerning
a plan you had in contemplation for the improvement
of the Poor-Laws. Since then I have received a letter, which
if your Lordship should happen not to be particularly apprised
already of the footing on which that matter stands, in Scotland
I thought it might perhaps be a satisfaction to your Lordship
puruse. A copy of so much as relates to this subject I
therefore take the liberty to enclose. The writer is a Mr James
anderson, a very observing intelligent man, who has added the experience
of a farmer to the studies of a man of reason. He is
advantageously known in the world of letters by several publications
on the subject of Agriculture, Chemistry and Political Oeconomy,
particularly by a book entitled Essays on Agriculture in 2 vols
8th, & by another entitled Observations on natural industry in Scotland,
1 vol. 4th; both of which contain very liberal and extensive
views.

As to the paper in question, whom I consider it with a view
to any application that can be made of it to what I understand
to be your Lordship's purpose, it is for I would acknowledge, that
I look upon it more as a matter of curiosity than of use: since the
view

Identifier: | JB/169/113/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 169.
Date_1	1781	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	169	Main Headings
Folio number	113	Info in main headings field	jb to ld shelburne with anderson's ms on the scotch poor laws
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[monogram] propatria [britannia motif]]]
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Notes public	draft of letter 396, vol. 3	ID Number	56933
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