JB/538/241/001

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London— 4 Oct.

Dear Bentham—

I am much obliged to you for your papers & keys— & the permission to
see your brother's letters— I have opened 2
of them, but find no news to communicate
to Wilson— The contents of one of
them shows that a rairible man, as your
brother certainly is, may not have sufficient
experience to discover a sea-monster at first sight
You may rely with the fullest confidence
on my discretion— The 2 franks you
left me were directed to Lincoln's Inn—
So they could not serve to forward your
letters— But I have got two, & sent
all your letters, for tho' you only desire
to have those from Aberdeen Plymouth or
Paris, there can, I shd think, be no harm
in having the others— There is one fr. Aberdeen
This I had great itching to open for I have

Identifier: | JB/538/241/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538.
Date_1	1778-10-04	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	538	Main Headings
Folio number	241	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	"Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie"	Watermarks
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