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gentry of this Country are Architects, They know, or think they know much more
than any Professional man, be he ever so eminent; It has been my constant
study to try if I can root out this absurd Idea of theirs and I flatter myself,
I am rather gaining ground upon them. But no sooner would your friend
take up this affair, than others would combat all his notions, from a million
of Panopticons fraught with every kind of absurdity, & by that means put
it out of the power of any one man of knowledge to convince them of their
folly, & would end in their executing parhaps the worst design of the Cluster,
only because the designer was a Lord, or Gentleman reckoned famous for
taste, and the corrector of all plans, publick & private. By which Correction
this Town & Country is crouded with bad taste bad designs & wretched proportions.
The Idea that struck me was, that by forming a Plan entirely
by upon your principle, Adapting it to our Situation, our necessities,
and within the reach of the money we could afford to lay out: And by
talking of this plan, and of the great ingenuity of the Inventor and the
Invention; In which I always disclaim all merit, except in so far as
relates to the above mentioned Articles, The curiosity of the Publick
would be raised, The execution of a design upon Mr Bentham's principle
insisted upon, & that design to be carried into execution by me.
The alterations I have made, may perhaps be honoured with
your approbation, or at least may furnish hints for you to consider and
improve, The Provost and Magistrates I am in high favour with, They have
consulted me about a Square they intend to build in the new Town, The
Gentlemen
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