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to his daughters; written by the late Dr Gregory a Physician at
Edinburgh. This I folded up in a sheet of white paper
sealed it, directed in a small hand to Miss Stratton, and
locked it up in the Harpsichord; so that nobody could see it
till she saw it, and the first thing she saw when she open'd
the Harpsichord, would be that. They took notice of it, thanked
me, said they had already read part of it, and commended it.
They Miss Stratton upon that occasion mentioned "The unfortunate
Lady's advice to her daughter and asked me if I had read it
that introduced a conversation about the authoress. I got out
of them, though they seemed rather backward to own it, that the
Lady they had been to see in Buckingham Shire, as they
had said they should was no other than Lady Pennington.
They staid three days with her; and during that time did not
see any a soul besides. So you see they are not at variance
as was imagined. They were at Mr Maul's but one day.
They reached London on Sunday; and set out for Lady P's
on the Wednesday. Further particulars about her Ladyship I
must defer late to another opportunity.

When I asked them to come to Fetcham, Mrs B. at first
seemed to decline it in a manner that made me afraid I

Identifier: | JB/538/056/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538.
Date_1	1776-09-06	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	538	Main Headings
Folio number	056	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Jeremy Bentham; Samuel Bentham	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
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