JB/541/202/002

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There is reason for not loving time. On board on of
the Hulks, the prisoners are perishing between 1/5 and
1/6th of them in a year — I have counted. It is
the habitual rate — I speak from the Reports. Their
employment is — fouling the ship, or, to speak the Contractor's
language, "keeping it clean": a task easy enough
to 7 or 8, impossible to 9 or 800. Their mor- The ship is
kept for them to clean; and they are kept to clean it. This mortality
he calls "health". Would this be the employment
of one of the Hulks, if that of any of the others were
of much use?

Next to the honor of serving the public well,
would be the satisfaction of seeing it well served. Should
the manager be rejected, the plan of management, or at least
the plan of construction, may be accepted. — Or, if you
prefer the hulk-discipline, this offer may preserve it to
you on better terms. I have the honour to be
with all respect, Sir Your most obedient
humble Servant

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Identifier: | JB/541/202/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 541.
Date_1	1791-01-23	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	541	Main Headings
Folio number	202	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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