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Colchester 7 Aug 1778

People here are very much dissatisfied with Keppel
and his letter. There is a man here who upon the post
report had given 6 guineas to be spent in merry making.

We did not breakfast very early, we go at 12 to the
place you know of & I have got to dress, to that you must
not expect a very long letter. I shall enclose one to little
Mr Wood, which on pain of my severest displeasure I charge
you to put into the post the day you receive it.

I reached this place not till after 10 at night - the
family were just gone to bed & Mrs Foster got up, threw
on her bedgown & under petticoat & came down into the
parlour to give me some cool tankard which was all I chose
to have. I got a horse that was as easy as an old shoe
but as dead as ditch-water. The poor beast hung down it's
head, and seemed tired when I set out which was a little
after 5. I reached Burntwood (7 miles from London) about
9 and gave my horse a bait till 1/2 after 12. In the mean
time I got my hair comfortably dressed, and took the opportunity
of viewing the camp at Worley common, of which there
is an excellent view from a field at the back of the Crown
Inn where I put up; the best view, the people say, that
there is from any place. It really forms a very pretty scene, and
immediately I began as usual forming wishes and impracticable
schemes.

Identifier: | JB/538/217/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538.
Date_1	1778-08-07	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	538	Main Headings
Folio number	217	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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