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of objection — at the same time not a syllable that could have
led any body to suspect that he had ever heard of it from me,
or meant to have any thing to do with me. Two very recent
instances of this reserve have happened to come within my knowledge
since I was honoured with your letter. Mr Burton
(the King's Counsel) altogether without my privity mentions the Panopticon
book to Mr Dundas, and asks leave to lend it him:
Mr Dundas, having had the book these three months from me,
and being just come from talking about it with you, suffers it
to be sent to him as a thing he had never before heard of. On
Monday the 2d instant I am favoured by you with the information
that Mr Dundas "will speak to me on the subject himself at
"the earliest opportunity": — the Wednesday following, Mr Adam
having desired an audience, gets one immediately, the Panopticon
plan is spoken of as a thing of his, executing at Edinburgh
and by him, Mr Dundas congratulating him and speaking of
the satisfaction with which he shall see the progress of it there in September:
while I the author, eighteen months after a proposal from
me

Identifier: | JB/541/347/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 541.
Date_1	1792-07-16	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	541	Main Headings
Folio number	347	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	Correspondence/copy	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso		Page Numbering
Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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