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Saturday Feb: 8th. 1777

Your letter is just come to hand. - Alas! my poor Sam
what is it I can do for thee? Shall I come down to you? that I
certainly will if you desire it by return of Post. You know, from
my last in particular, how precious time is to me,- or I would have
come down tomorrow. I have been rather naughty to day - laid abed
rather too long and am good for nothing — quite spiritless and confused.
The morning however has not been absolutely lost I have laboured in
my vocation with tolerable success.

Elmsly I see has advertised the Incas and yet I have not settled
terms with him - only just the Preliminaries I mentioned: nor have
I done any thing to engage myself.

I wrote on Wednesday again to Mr Davies. Did you any
of you? I promised him that if you have not I would make you
write by next packet. The packet goes the 1st Wednesday after the
1st day of every month.

Have you any thing now of the pain in the breast you complained of
when at Fetcham.

That was Wilson's first enquiry upon my telling him you were not
well. I am writing by his fireside, and he has just reminded me to
put that question.

If Mrs D. knows any thing of the Inca let her remember &
do you that it is an inviolable secret. Wilson is all anxiety least it
should be discover'd. He thinks it would be a great degradation to my character
were it to be known; and injure me & my projects beyond
measure.

It is time Mrs D. should do something about the Battle scheme
Mrs W. will expect it. If things hold on till then well and good
at any rate the thoughts of it will be an amusement to the parties.
Mrs D. therefore or Sam had best write me a letter such as she would write
to me were the proposal a new one. I shall then answer accordingly.
Somwhat of this sort must be done,- because it is from my answer that is what
Mrs D. will have to give an account of to Mrs W. Mrs D.'s letter
should come before Mr W. comes to town; as he will probably be

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Date_1	1777-02-05	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	538	Main Headings
Folio number	094	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
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Penner	Robert Wise; Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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