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I cannot delay 'till then my sincerest congratulations on the auspicious
event, attended with the most ardent wishes for your mutual felicity:
wishes, which as far as I may say without presumption, carry with
them a security of their completion. & may you, (for it is hard if a
disinterestedness in deed should not be returned by at least a disinterestness
in thought, & I have examined my heart & can truly say
I wish it, may you, if that should be an addition to your happiness,
be blessed with a family of other children; & I will be their father
whenever they & I shall be so unfortunate as to want that loss
supplied.

Your description having greatly inflamed my curiosity of taking
a peep at my Chambers before my departure, & having a commission
to execute for Mr Mulford that way, I went this Evening
to satisfy it, & Mr Jones was so good as to shew me the way: I
luckily found the Bedmaker in the Rooms cleaning them: but if my expectation
was raised by your account how much was then it exceeded
by the apartment itself? The elegance of the fitting up perfectly surprised
me, & I could hardly forbear crying as the children do, is
all this mine, & this too? indeed I had almost said, that was able after
creating me such powerful inducements to stay at home, you did well
to engage me to this, by making it the residence of a Lady, for whom
inclination ever inspired me with the highest esteem & respect, when
I little thought it would ever become my duty: & permit me to boast
that, that lady, whom I will now for the first time call by the endearing
name of mother, was my first acquaintance: & that if you have known
her better, I at least have known her longer.

Identifier: | JB/537/200/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 537.
Date_1	1766-10-16	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	537	Main Headings
Folio number	200	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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