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have been cursed with so many misfortunes at least,
misfortunes which to judge by their number alone seem scarcely
possible let but to have arisen from any thing but misconduct, and if
at that happy period his Lordship should take a part
in a new administration I may hope that from the
favourable disposition he seems to have towards me I
may be put in a way of exerting my tallents such as
they are in service that of all I should most wish for.
You seem indeed by your letters to insure this. The
great attention however which has been paid me here, the
manner of life I have now been used to, and to confess the
truth a sense of pretensions I have on the score of qualifications
will not permit me to accept such places as
I should before I my travels here have been eager for.
You mention indeed Commissioner of the Navy or something
equivalent in power I suppose as well as in emolument, such
a place tis true is the greatest I could think of at first; but
what expectation of procuring such a place under the present
Ministry?

Do I consider my profit only or marks of
favour & distinction of the Sovereign without regard to
the country it is here I seem to be in the best track for
acquiring them. If however at any rate you continue to
give me expectations of the continuation of the friendship which
through your means his Lordship seems to have acquired for me
I will abandon my plans of serving for honour in this country
and a pursue those only which will be the most immediate
sources of profit a profit however which in itself cannot but
be honourable in some degree as it will be the entire fruit
of improvements at the expence of no one and to the advantage
of many individuals as well as the country in general.

I set off from here the 23d and in less than a month I shall
reach Barnaoul. There I intended spending more than a month
I will however nor exceed a fortnight there and will make scarcely any

Identifier: | JB/539/291/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 539.
Date_1	1782-06-16	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	539	Main Headings
Folio number	291	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Samuel Bentham	Watermarks
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