JB/537/355/001

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The first thing I perceive, upon opening your letter,
is that the meaning of mine has been mistaken. The first thing
therefore I have to do, is, as far as it is in my power, to rectify the
consequences. Inclosed you will receive back again what I suppose
to be two Bank notes of £20 each; for I have not looked at them. Along
with them you will receive your note of hand, agreeable to your desire.
I am very sorry it has so happen'd: it may have put
you to inconvenience. It may even have distressed you: and I
know not, even with all your kind assistance, how long it will
be before I shall have brought myself to that convenient frame of
mind as to be insensible to the thoughts of your being distressed.
I did indeed express myself ambiguously or rather perhaps improperly.
I said "settle" — I ought to have said "state": The whole
view I had in my letter was to know what was due from me to
you; not to receive what might be due from you to me. Must
I offend your ears with the sound of the odious word board? I know
no remedy for it. Time was when you could mention it without
any of those violent marks of aversion. Something then I owe you for
my board from Midsummer day to the day of your going into
the country both inclusive. Calculate it upon what footing you
please: either that at which Mr Clark pays you, or your Sister Libby

Identifier: | JB/537/355/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 537.
Date_1	1775-09-11	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	537	Main Headings
Folio number	355	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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