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It is now near almost twelvemonth since your two sons have heard a syllable
from their father: and this is neither the first nor the second time of
their expressing their concern they feel at so unprecedented distressing a silence. My
letters on the Inspection-House at least I was in hopes would have been favoured with
an a some notice. If they have failed of giving you satisfaction pleasure,
they have failed of one of their main objects. I have advice Of the
arrival of the rough copy I have advice: I have no tidings
of the ro fair copy ad (accompanied by a private letter) addressed
to you: except that we heard of its being sent from Riga
Willing to For the sake of doubling the chance of its safe arrival security assured sea - and under a certain
thinking that a purpose might be answered by it at Riga we gave
permission to Mr Trompovski to detain your copy (which was the
only one that could be offered as legible to persons not particularly
interested in it) just so long as might be necessary for the two copies
to go by different packets. This was a sudden thought: I know
not as yet wh If your copy has miscarried, I have reason to be
congratulate myself of li be glad I did the idea the idea it was a lucky one:
if not, perhaps it may have proved otherwise.
In the course of last summer I sent to Riga a packet for you which
we desired Mr Trompovski to forward by Sea. It contained
The contents were besides a letter for you, one It contained a
fair copy of a such parts as I had been able to get copied of Mr
Pole Carew's manuscript with a letter of apology to him in
answer to his message through you. Of the receipt cl this packet
I have never had any tidings since.
This goes with a l I send by this same post under cover
to Mr Wilson, a pamphlet in defence of Usury desiring him to send it to the
press, or to keep it till he sees me, as he thinks fit.
Identifier: | JB/540/368/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 540.
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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