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<head>Letter 3<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi></head><!-- centred and in pencil --> | <head>Letter 3<hi rend='superscript'>d</hi></head><!-- centred and in pencil --> | ||
<p>Lordship adorns at present . It is in answer to | <p>Lordship adorns at present. It is in answer to | ||
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a letter <del>from</del> to his Grace <add>from</add> <del>to</del> the Treasury dated | a letter <del>from</del> to his Grace <add>from</add> <del>to</del> the Treasury dated | ||
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to constitute the ground of the just-quoted | to constitute the ground of the just-quoted | ||
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Treasury letter , written 5 months and 8 days | Treasury letter, written 5 months and 8 days | ||
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after the letter it was thus grounded upon , | after the letter it was thus grounded upon, | ||
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and some time (but I do not exactly know | and some time (but I do not exactly know | ||
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how long) <hi rend='underline'>after the determination had been taken | how long) <hi rend='underline'>after the determination had been taken | ||
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by <del>m</del>Most Noble and Right Honourable persons , | by <del>m</del>Most Noble and Right Honourable persons, | ||
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that no such building as it thus called upon | that no such building as it thus called upon | ||
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me to make <del>pr</del> preparations for , should be | me to make <del>pr</del> preparations for, should be | ||
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erected . —</hi> <note><gap/></note><!-- note in pencil --> | erected. —</hi> <note><gap/></note><!-- note in pencil --> | ||
<lb/></p> | <lb/></p> | ||
<p><!-- indented -->After stating , in regard to the object of the | <p><!-- indented -->After stating, in regard to the object of the | ||
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Act in question (the Act of 1794 for the erection | Act in question (the Act of 1794 for the erection | ||
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rend='underline'>transportable convicts</hi>" | rend='underline'>transportable convicts</hi>" | ||
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"that such Penitentiary Houses should be used . . . . | "that such Penitentiary Houses should be used. . . . | ||
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"as receptacles for such transportable convicts as | "as receptacles for such transportable convicts as | ||
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Letter 3d
Lordship adorns at present. It is in answer to
a letter from to his Grace from to the Treasury dated
the 27th of the preceding month "desiring to be
"apprized of the number of Convicts which the
"Panopticon . . . . is intended to accommodate": and
is the letter that constituted or at least helped
to constitute the ground of the just-quoted
Treasury letter, written 5 months and 8 days
after the letter it was thus grounded upon,
and some time (but I do not exactly know
how long) after the determination had been taken
by mMost Noble and Right Honourable persons,
that no such building as it thus called upon
me to make pr preparations for, should be
erected. —
After stating, in regard to the object of the
Act in question (the Act of 1794 for the erection
of the Panopticon Penitentiary House requiring as
well as "authorizing" such House or Houses to be
erected) that he "understands the object of it" and
that that object is — as to "transportable convicts"
"that such Penitentiary Houses should be used. . . .
"as receptacles for such transportable convicts as
"the several Goals of the respective Counties can
"not contain" [and therefore for none that they
can contain] "from the time of their receiving
"sentence till an opportunity may offer for their "being
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Identifier: | JB/116/620/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116. |
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116 |
panopticon versus new south wales |
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620 |
letter 3d |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
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recto |
d23 |
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john herbert koe |
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letter was never sent; see note 8 to letter 1747, vol. 7 |
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