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In the Summer being then at Portsmouth he hit upon a little
improvement in the construction of a rudder: which upon leave
obtained from the Commissioner was put in practise on board
of the Formidable by Capt: Bazely, & on board of the Foudroyant
by Capt. Jarvis. Time did not allow of the proposing it
for any other Ships.

That improvement was trifling enough; otherwise it could
not have been put in practise by under that authority and in so short
a ing expeditious manner. But he has ideas of many other
improvements or what he looks upon as such, of a very different importance if he were fortunate
enough to get an opportunity of pursuing them.

Capt: Blanket of the Nymph from upon a <add>very short acquaintance a very few conversations
with him, partly from a view of giving him an opportunity
of extending the field his observations by a Voyage to the E: Indies, and partly I can venture to say from a view of
the benefit the naval service in these parts might upon any emergency might receive from his suggestions, was
very desirous of taking him with him in the Nymph. The Capt.
was with me about it: but my Father could not be persuaded
to consent.

T'other day overtures were Mr Sambouski Chaplain to the Russian Embassy
is was very desirous of engaging wishes much to engage him to instruct perfect finish

Identifier: | JB/538/303/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538.
Date_1	1779-02-26	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	538	Main Headings
Folio number	303	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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