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afraid of it. Mr D. is not apt to err on that side.
I have no notion of W.'s engaging on any active plan of
dishonesty for the sake of amassing money: if when he fails, I
believe it is only through weakness upon his being hard pressed:
so that I should think he might be very well trusted in any
place that would afford him a livelyhood. If I were myself
in Mr D's place I would not scruple to hazard the
recommending him.

I will leave the business of writing to Mr D. to you: for
several reasons, one of which is your knowing his dispositions
& so forth better than I do.

I have nothing particular to write to Mr D. at present
tell him of my having received his packet and thank him
tell him that I have already written to him by two packets Mails that
of the 1st of Feb:y I believe & that of the 1st of April besides
the letter to which his was an answer: that I shall write again
without fail by the mail the 1st of June: and that I hope
he continues his pious resolutions of sending me the N.Y.
Papers.

Suppose you were to send him D. Hume's life? I w would
then get Wilson another copy. Suppose also you were to
get Mrs D. to transcribe for him any little scraps there
may be in my late letters relative to that subject or any other
other chit-chat in which you suppose he might take an
interest. Any thing of that sort would probably be a great treat
to him; to judge from what he says in his letters?

If this vessel is a private one, or a mere transport of no
force it is very probable it may be taken. This you
should consider: for which reason it might be prudent to
send a duplicate by the Mail.

If you & Mrs D. approve of this, you may begin your
transcription with some passages of these presents.

Identifier: | JB/538/123/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538.
Date_1	1777-05-12	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	538	Main Headings
Folio number	123	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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