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Thorpe near Staines Sep. 17 1779

Hon:d Sir

I fear it will not be in my power, or at least
worth while to either of us, for me to wait upon you at Imley
Park. By my Brother's 2d letter which I sent you and which I
hope you have ere now received, you will perceive that I have
several little commissions to execute for him. I have likewise others
besides those. This will make it necessary for me to watch
times and persons, and not be absent from London for any
considerable length of time. I am likewise a visit in debt to
Mr Davies. He happens to have some particular reasons for wishing
to see me down at Brompton; now that my Brother who might
otherwise have answer'd the same purpose is abroad. There has been
a negotiation of, I suppose, a dozen letters between us on the
subject; and I am so far engaged by many repeated promises
that he could not but take it very much amiss were I to disappoint
him. By one which I received from him t'other day
I find he is not yet altogether without expectation of being
called upon by Lord Howe: to whom I believe a great
part of the nation continue to look up with greater confidence
than to any other man in his line, notwithstanding the disappointments
they have met with in his brother.

I am much obliged to you for your kind offer
of bearing my travelling expences: it is true that for a few
days or so, I might accept it notwithstanding any of the reasons that I
have mentioned: but for so a time it would hardly be worth

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Date_1	1779-09-17	Marginal Summary Numbering
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Folio number	380	Info in main headings field
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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