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you may be introduced to Jackson himself.</p> | you may be introduced to Jackson himself.</p> | ||
'' | <p>Lind is now drawing up a form of Government for our | ||
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E. India conquests — I called in upon him t'other day <add>Wednesday morning</add> to | |||
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talk with him about you — Soon afterwards he took up his | |||
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papers & began reading to me — I found he was going to | |||
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work about it like a horse in a mill — As fast as he | |||
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went on reading I <unclear>shouted</unclear><!-- "stated"? --> this objection & that objection of | |||
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t'other objection & was answered as often with a "that's true" | |||
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& down he clapped <add>memorandums on</add> them as a bit of paper. In conclusion | |||
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he said he would ask me to read over them regularly | |||
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with him one day next week & then we would shut | |||
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ourselves up together the whole day — I complied because | |||
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I thought <unclear><del>it</del></unclear> <del>would be</del> I might be of some use to the poor | |||
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devils in that part of the world, because it would give me | |||
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some pretensions on him which I might make use | |||
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of in your favour, & because it would make it necessary | |||
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for me to see some papers on that subject which I should | |||
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be glad to see. It seems to <del><gap/></del> me that he would be glad | |||
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to do without me if he could, but that from the lessons | |||
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I gave him t'other day he thinks it would not be safe. | |||
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How this world is governed! Lind I take it understands something | |||
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more of the principles of legislation than L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> North<unclear>,</unclear></p> | |||
<p><!-- Written across middle of preceding para., so show as a marginal note? -->Geo: Wilson Esq<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> | |||
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at Patrick Wilson's Esq:<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> | |||
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Aberdeen —</p> | |||
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-tention will be to husband our interest & not lavish it upon
trifling objects — When you come to town there is no doubt but
you may be introduced to Jackson himself.
Lind is now drawing up a form of Government for our
E. India conquests — I called in upon him t'other day Wednesday morning to
talk with him about you — Soon afterwards he took up his
papers & began reading to me — I found he was going to
work about it like a horse in a mill — As fast as he
went on reading I shouted this objection & that objection of
t'other objection & was answered as often with a "that's true"
& down he clapped memorandums on them as a bit of paper. In conclusion
he said he would ask me to read over them regularly
with him one day next week & then we would shut
ourselves up together the whole day — I complied because
I thought it would be I might be of some use to the poor
devils in that part of the world, because it would give me
some pretensions on him which I might make use
of in your favour, & because it would make it necessary
for me to see some papers on that subject which I should
be glad to see. It seems to me that he would be glad
to do without me if he could, but that from the lessons
I gave him t'other day he thinks it would not be safe.
How this world is governed! Lind I take it understands something
more of the principles of legislation than Ld North,
Geo: Wilson Esqr
at Patrick Wilson's Esq:r
Aberdeen —
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