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Mr Poole's, a man who is a son of Srg:t Poole, had a good fortune, but
was now at the Crown Office with Abbot. Brooke has a house somewhere
in this country.

On Saturday there dined with us a Mrs Johns. Mrs Johns
was a sort of dependant of Ld S.'s first wife: lives gratis in a little
house of my Lord's close by, is a methodist, comes a begging to great
people for money to give charity, is a conversible woman who has
seen the world and has court connections. She has distributed money
for the Queen; and though she has the dress and appearance of an
upper servant has had correspondence with all manner of great people,
and could be made use of occasionally to find news about. This is the account
Ld S. was giving me of her.

On Sunday nothing happen'd that I recollect

On Monday Ld Dartry left us. It was he that pushed the
bottle about and not Col. Barre: I beg the Colonel's pardon. He is
a valetudinarian: finds it necessary to have a bottle a day in his guts
is fond of religion, and of cards: does not know very well what to do
with himself, hunts out oddities and knick-knacks, and frequents
auctions.

On Tuesday in the morning Capt. Smith took his departure. He
was once an E. India Director: has a house in Bloomsbury Square
and another at Ashted near Epsom. He found out that I was profoundly
conversant in E. India affairs (you know how profoundly)
offer'd me access to unedited Maps & Ms of various kinds, and gave
me pressing & repeated invitations to both his houses, mentioning connections
he had with people who were philosophical men & would be glad
to be acquainted with me. Shall I go? I can't till. we'll talk
about it. He wrote a pamphlet once on India affairs which Ld S. has

Identifier: | JB/539/238/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 539.
Date_1	1781-09-17	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	539	Main Headings
Folio number	238	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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