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for which 350 rubles (the price I was going to give for one) were set
in the account I sent my father. The real advantages which
would arise to me from your assistance independent of the pleasure
which should both feel and the use I imagine I should be of to
you, outweigh the portion of infamy arising from the shifts
I must make for want of a carriage: besides I am in hopes
of getting an old one that would serve my purpose at a very low
price. [N.B. in his letter Feb. 2nd 1784 he says "Coach is bought"] Besides at any rate at this important crisis of my life
I would rather borrow a small sum of a friend here than that any
thing but your own concerns in England should be an obstacle to our
meeting. Do not however think of coming unless you can stay at least
till the spring or even if we see occasion to the latter end of the Summer.
The general purposes of your coming would be. The Cooking up my most
striking projects in a way to make a figure at least here and most
probably to get some profit from some of them. The
account consulting on means of turning my ideas of improvement in the Mines
at home to some account so as to be preparing the way before me there.
The reading over your works together and gutting them to make them
palletable to this country. The drawing up 2 or 3 philosophical
papers which would be of use both at home & here.

If however you are persuaded that I can be of little or no use to you
in my examination of your work before you publish it, if you have
already begun to print it; then postpone your visit till the spring.
I can jog on in the mean time making my models; and that I may
apply myself the closer to them I think of shamming ill in 2 or 3 weeks
time, and then not going out till they are done

But if your work is not as yet printed and you think my criticisms might
be of use, if at the same time you could cancel yo the place of your residence

Identifier: | JB/539/434/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 539.
Date_1	1783-10-??	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	539	Main Headings
Folio number	434	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Samuel Bentham	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
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