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circumstances, and the kind injunctions on your Lordship's
part which they gave birth to, were the means of my
laying on "all Bowood", by my company. I had indeed
as I have still, two a pretences for writing in store, which I
treasure up accordingly: I mean the delivery of the letter to Lord
Fitzmaurice, and the execution of the commission I was honoured with to Colonel
Skene: but it may be some time yet before I may have
occasion to trouble any thing to say to your Lordship on either of thoseat subjects.
[ The article of time of doing it I take for granted is not imvery material, as
nothing so or it be as far within in the course of three weeks or a month ] I take
For granted there is nothing pressing in it in that presses in point of time; since
nothing was is proposed to be done in it till your Lordship comes to town
which is not to be that is till the meeting of parliament. I shall therefore look upon
myself as being at liberty as things stand at present to defer going thither myself for a week or ten
days, by which time I hope to have putt off the guise of an invalid
At pres present though I make the with some difficulty such use of my hand which as your
Lordship sees my finger it is still so tender that I am obliged to attend be attentive
to every motion I make. If however any reason should recur to your
Lordship for wishing me to see the Col. sooner, any intimation to such wish of that
sort that effect shall be obey'd the instant I am appraised of it. it is convey'd to me<add> <add> reaches me In the
mean time I have written to Mr Hodgson to enquire where Col. Skene is
to be met with: but not having heard no answer I suppose he had left London
before my letter reached him before my letter got there.

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Date_1	1781-10-18	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	539	Main Headings
Folio number	255	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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