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Saturday — Since that I have not heard from him

Well now Mr Sam - prepare yourself for news - This
very morning I reced a letter from who d'ye think? from
Foster at Petersburgh.

Tuesday night

Wednesday

I could not finish last night — I shall transcribe the
letter on a separate piece of paper.

There is less danger in telling Dr L. about the
Diving Scheme than almost any body else — why? because he
is going to leave the country, and probably will not return till
it is either put in practise or knocked on the head — You
may tell it him without telling him the particular use you mean
to make of it - If you do, you must exact from him the most
intense promise of secrecy you can get. You may tell him
that though a stranger, and though you had resolved not to mention
it to any body (you may add but your Brother) yet you could not
resist the opportunity of taking the opinion of a man of his superior
knowledge in that way &c &c. To get evidence of your
title to this invention it might be of use to take occasion to write
him a note on the subject so contrived that in the answer
to it he would naturally be led to let drop something by which
it might appear that you had shew'd him a pp of that
sort.

Qu. whether to mention it to Sr Ch. Douglas? It might
possibly answer if 1. he is upon terms of intimacy with any
Admiral who has a command: or 2. if he has a pond on
which it could be tried.

Consider in what way Dr L knowing of it could be of
use to you - As to his esteem, that could signify nothing for the present,
as he is going away. As to his advice, have you any particular point that

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Identifier: | JB/538/272/002
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538.

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1778-12-30

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538

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272

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002

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Penner

Jeremy Bentham

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