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Since the writing of this I have received your
Letter to Mr Lind.

Thursday May 23d 1775

Oh! my dear Sam, how shall I set down to write to thee? or
now I have set down, how shall I know when to leave off? Yes — bad
success indeed — that is the reason of my long silence. Tis
impossible for me to think of giving the particulars by letter
This however thou canst not know too soon — that my Mother
has been my zealous and (for any just ground that
I can possibly form to myself of suspicion to the contrary)
my sincere advocate. I believe, if I had gone all
lengths, I might have extorted my Father's consent; but it would have
made him supremely wretched, and would have put an end
to your Gallic expedition. I could not bear that my Mother
should be so early and severe a sufferer for her generosity
to me. She has given me such proofs under her own hand of her encouraging
me to persist, as would ruin any scheme, if she had formed
one, of recommending herself by means of it, to my prejudice.
My present plan is in few words this. I believe I shall
spend the next half year at Mr Lind's. My Father,
(when will miracles cease?) knows it and tolerates it.
Mr Lind will assist me in rummaging over the Statute-
that is all my dear Sam, I can give you at present.

Identifier: | JB/537/343/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 537.
Date_1	1775-05-23	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	537	Main Headings
Folio number	343	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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