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Salhram 20th Semf 1789

Dear M.r Bentham

First as to your attack upon
my hand writing, It is not my Fault; I was
very ill educated, & never learn'd to
write. The people I have envied most thro'
Life has been those who can write well
& yet write so carelessly, that Lady Lansdown
Miss Vernon & myself are sometimes half
an hour making out a particular word
But I cant express how much I am -oblig'd to you, When tho' you compare the
number of words to a Bill in Chancery,
you don't compare the thro' one
but upon the contrary are so good to sow That
two Sheets of mine have half the Stuff
of one of yours— You have a Proof that
your Ideas are never lost upon me, by
my producing them at ten years distance.
If I did not quote you to yourself,
you may be sure that I shall be
proud to quote so great an authority
to every body who, as I hope to do your

Identifier: | JB/541/005/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 541.
Date_1	1789-01-20	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	541	Main Headings
Folio number	005	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
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Penner	"William Petty, 2nd Earl Shelburne, Lord Lansdowne"	Watermarks
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