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<p>Dec<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> 29<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> 1778. Linc. Inn.</p> | <p>Dec<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> 29<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> 1778. Linc. Inn.</p> | ||
<p>M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Far has quitted his chambers and | <p>M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Far has quitted his chambers and retired to Q.S.P. | ||
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there to be nursed &c till <del>m</del>Midsummer when Charles & he go to | there to be nursed &c till <del>m</del>Midsummer when Charles & he go to | ||
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he comes to want them.</p> | he comes to want them.</p> | ||
I have just been dining at Q.S.P. | <p>I have just been dining at Q.S.P. to meet our <add>dear</add> friends | ||
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the Burtons. Burton has asked leave to introduce to me a D<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> | |||
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Smith who wrote a pamphlet giving an account of the state of | |||
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the prisons in London and has spent between 4 & 500 £ | |||
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in medicines for the prisoners not to mention his own advice | |||
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Burton speaks of him as a 2<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Howard. He is busy with | |||
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Blackstone in framing the Hard Labour Bill. Burton says he | |||
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is to have the place of Inspector general of the H. Lab. Houses | |||
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which is to be £300 a year &<!-- or, more correctly, "+" --> all <sic>expences</sic>.</p> | |||
<p>I have just received your letter - what you tell me | |||
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of the Cot astonishes me — I told you I believe of my Porter's | |||
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having assured me that they told him at the Inn it went | |||
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on the Thursday after the day it should have gone — I will | |||
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see farther about it</p> | |||
<p>The day after I received & answered your letter about | |||
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the Cub, I wrote a <del><unclear>penny</unclear></del> letter which I sent by a Porter | |||
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to Sambouski, telling him I understood he had a young Gentleman | |||
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under his care &c that if he had not concluded with a | |||
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person &c I should be glad to talk with him & should be glad | |||
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to know when it would be agreable to him <unclear>I</unclear><!-- or "&"? --> should wait on | |||
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him there or if he came my way I should be equally glad | |||
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to see him here. The Porter brought me word that he was | |||
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not in town nor was he expected till Saturday (that is last <add>Saturday</add>.</p> | |||
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Decr 29th 1778. Linc. Inn.
Mr Far has quitted his chambers and retired to Q.S.P.
there to be nursed &c till mMidsummer when Charles & he go to
their new purchase. He has sent to me a writing table with
a green cloth to it and a dumb waiter to take charge of till
he comes to want them.
I have just been dining at Q.S.P. to meet our dear friends
the Burtons. Burton has asked leave to introduce to me a Dr
Smith who wrote a pamphlet giving an account of the state of
the prisons in London and has spent between 4 & 500 £
in medicines for the prisoners not to mention his own advice
Burton speaks of him as a 2d Howard. He is busy with
Blackstone in framing the Hard Labour Bill. Burton says he
is to have the place of Inspector general of the H. Lab. Houses
which is to be £300 a year & all expences.
I have just received your letter - what you tell me
of the Cot astonishes me — I told you I believe of my Porter's
having assured me that they told him at the Inn it went
on the Thursday after the day it should have gone — I will
see farther about it
The day after I received & answered your letter about
the Cub, I wrote a penny letter which I sent by a Porter
to Sambouski, telling him I understood he had a young Gentleman
under his care &c that if he had not concluded with a
person &c I should be glad to talk with him & should be glad
to know when it would be agreable to him I should wait on
him there or if he came my way I should be equally glad
to see him here. The Porter brought me word that he was
not in town nor was he expected till Saturday (that is last Saturday.
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Jeremy Bentham |
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