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Dear Sam.l

I have been very much engag'd of late, & cod not get time to
set Pen to paper to answer yours of the 10th instt., and now I am
by no means in a mood for writing having a great weight in
my head which perhaps is owing to the weight of the air, from
the appearance of Rain; but I was unwilling you shod think
I neglected you — you have been so much in the habit of flying
about to different places, yt you may well be called a
Ubiquarian — I hope it answers to you, in the acquisition of
knowledge, or at least of health — you will now I imagin
think of setting down in pursuit of your litterary Scheme, as
there seems at present to be no opening for any thing else —
with regard to my remittance of your quarters allowance,
your recommend it to me to look into your account of the
Xmas Quarter, I have done so, & there find, I sent you ye 4th Jany
last £15 — but perhaps you had forgot, that I had sent you
two Sums of £10 Each, for your Michaeas Quarter, making £20,
wch. added to ye £15, makes £35 for the half year, & wch. is the half
of £70 I agreed to allow you by the year. that is £30 for Board
and £40 for Cloaths & Pocket Money, — I intend therefore
sending you £20, as soon as ever it suits me — but my dear
Saml. when you come to have Estates of your own, you will
find your Tenants far from being speedy in their Payments,
upon which account it is no more in my power, who am
oblig'd to depend on them, & to manage my Payments according to
my Receipts — as I don't apprehend you can be very much pressd
where you are, you will I hope be satisfied, if I do not
unnecessarily delay your remittance — this time. by what I
understood from your Brother a few Days ago, he talkd of your
coming up soon to assist him, in examining his Paper wch his
Emanuensis is now copying — if so, I may stay 'till you come up.

Identifier: | JB/538/316/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538.
Date_1	1779-04-16	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	538	Main Headings
Folio number	316	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Jeremiah Bentham	Watermarks
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Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
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