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coming from dinner at Sir James's and was going to his house I saw him in
his cabitsky going past for England. We could only bid one another adieu and beg
for a correspondence. He indeed thinks of seeing me perhaps this winter in London.
I knew well how impossible it was but did not undeceive him. I think if
Davies had been in his circumstances here he would have been almost the same sort of man.
You may imagine that loosing him myself I instantly thought of you: but at
that time I did not mention your name. I have now just met his Nephew
who stays here with others in the business and who had been with him the
first port or two. He gave me a message from him to beg I would send him
a letter to you as also to give him some account of my discussion. The latter
when you have he shall have, now as to the former demand.

That you would receive much pleasure & satisfaction from his acquaintance
I am very well persuaded. also if you were to become intimate, and he should
not be too much engaged with his private business as a Merchant, I think you
would set him by the side of Wilson in judgement over your works.

On the other hand my fears are that with such an opportunity you would spend
too much time in talking about the this country. If however you do become
acquainted first let me beg & intreat you not to make any lamentations about
me or to tell him anything of my circumstances. Tell him in short as well
as anybody else as little of yourself as possible. Get his opinion upon everything
you can; yours he will see enough of in your work. No it is not your
opinions that you should not give for it is by them you must appear
to the greatest advantage to all who have a grain of sense; but it is your
intentions and projects of which you should contrive to get his opinion
before you give them as your intentions. The only way you can possibly
fail to have the greatest respect from such a man is by venturing to speak

Identifier: | JB/539/092/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 539.
Date_1	1780-10-03	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	539	Main Headings
Folio number	092	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Samuel Bentham	Watermarks
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