JB/538/094/001

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A few days ago I received the following letter from Mr W.

Battle 5. Feb: 1777.
Sir
When I received your very friendly and obliging letter, I
did not understand that you expected a written answer to it, but that
as you looked for me to be in town very soon, you meant that
I should defer saying any thing upon the subject of it, till
such time as I could have the pleasure of waiting on you at
Lincoln's Inn. The last Post brought a letter from Mrs
Davies upon the same subject, wherein she intimates that you
were disappointed at not having heard from me. I assure you,
Sir, that it has not been through any ingratitude, or the want of
confidence in you that I have omitted writing to you, but only
for the reason which I have before mentioned — The subject
of your letter was of that serious and affecting nature to me, that
perhaps I did not sufficiently attend to your desire of receiving
an answer from me, though I confess now that upon second
reading I ought to have understood it differently.

I know not how to thank you sufficiently for your offers of
friendship to me, and shall be happy in an opportunity of communicating
to you every circumstance of my affairs, which however
difficult they may have been, are not now so desperate as my
friends have conceived 'em to be. I purpose being in town next
monday sennight at farthest, perhaps tomorrow, when I shall
take the earliest opportunity of waiting on you and am
S.r with the utmost gratitude and esteem
Your obliged & obedient
Rob. Wise.

Identifier: | JB/538/094/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538.
Date_1	1777-02-05	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	538	Main Headings
Folio number	094	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
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Penner	Robert Wise; Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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