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Banks, & of Banks's objection that you had not worked alongside,
& of his wanting you to produce a certificate & so forth; objections which if
you had some sort of introduction to him from such a man as
Dr Lind, you might be able to get over.
Make him give you particulars about the long lived ship —
where it was he saw it? who it belonged to? who told him of it's being so old? whether
there were any circumstances to corroborate such an assertion? whether
you might have leave to vouch him for it upon occasion?
After I had sent my letter to Fitzherbert came a letter
from him in answer to an application I had made to him
on behalf of Mrs Green In conclusion he says
"I open this to say, your letter relative to your Brother
"is very satisfactory, & shall be sent immediately: you know I
"said there would be no harm in shewing this: but I hope
"I shall not be the cause of any disappointment."
The rough draught I have of mine is in 3 4to sheets of
gilt paper: it is therefore too bulky to send you without a
frank.
Davies when he talked to me about your disagreement
with him said it affected him so much that for two days
he could scarcely eat or sleep - that he had never felt himself
in all his life so attached to any man as to you.
What is it you mean, when you say you say, "I don't
like the appearance of Davies's returning to Chatham"?
He said that when he mentioned you to Ld Howe (which proceeded
upon the supposition of his Ldships having the Admiralty) he
should put it on the footing of a favour done to his Lordship &c
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Jeremy Bentham |
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