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I am spoiled. On this account I seem to be circumstanced
the most luckily for my disposition. Established in Russia and
occasionally visitor in England assures me all the happiness
that depends on the local; and I dont think any degree
of riches or poverty would make influence my opinion in
this respect.

You tell me, Sir, that my Mother has been
so kind as to prepare a bed & chamber for my arrival.
I naturally expected that after so long an absence you would
be desirous I should take up my abode in your house as a
means of our being more together; but give me leave, Sir, to
express my fears that perpetual inconveniencies might arise
to us all from such an arrangement. The kind of
regularity which you have been long habituated to and which
at your time of life must be particularly necessary to
your ease, would be too much interrupted by the different
kind of people I may have to do with, and from the late
& uncertain hours I must unavoidably keep. unaccustomed
as I am to any kind of restraint, an anxiety not to derange
your family would destroy all my comfort. With the
greatest sincerity I can assure you, Sir, that the desire I have
of seeing you is greater thatn I have to see any person or thing

Identifier: | JB/541/251/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 541.
Date_1	1791-05-12	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	541	Main Headings
Folio number	251	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Samuel Bentham	Watermarks
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