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satisfaction of it's being to your advantage.— and I am so far from
being against it, that I would have you by no means lose sight of
it — Nevertheless, I dare say, you will think it rather premature to
decide absolutely upon it, or as to the mode of engaging in it, till you
have been at Petersburg, and given yourself an opportunity of seeing
and judging how far or in what respect your other schemes shall be
practicable. You may possibly find that some of those schemes you
proposed to put in practise or to attempt there may coincide, &
tend to forward & facilitate the business of such a kind of partnership
with some house upon the Baltic. You have had and will
have great advantages in making acquaintance with persons upon
the spot,& making yourself so known to them, as to be able to
correspond with them for the purpose of procuring from them
any further useful intelligence you may find you have occasion
for on your return to England: for there is nothing so attaching
personal knowledge of people upon the spot of their own
ground. It creates a confidence beyond what is possible to subsist
between persons not immediately acquainted with & known to each other
.

Page 2. ... In all events you made me extremely happy, that you
have taken the route you have done

1779} Q.S.P. Q.S.P.
Dec.r} to
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Identifier: | JB/538/427/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538.
Date_1	1779-12-31	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	538	Main Headings
Folio number	427	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Jeremiah Bentham	Watermarks
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