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<p>L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> S. says that L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Chatham who governed every body else with so | |||
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high a hand was <add>himself</add> governed in a manner by the K. of Prussia, | |||
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who gave him information and suggested ideas to him even for his | |||
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maritime operations. This appears from a suite of letters from the | |||
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K. to L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> C. of which L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> S. has either the originals or copies, & | |||
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which I, I believe, may see.</p> | |||
<p>I mistook — L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Porchester upon L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Pembroke's account | |||
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<unclear>lose</unclear> about £3500 — Supposing that he should be ruined, he had | |||
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sent over an agent to the continent to look out for a retreat.</p> | |||
<p>Tuesday Aug. 28 8 in the evening</p> | |||
<p>"An Historical account of the settlement & possession of Bombay | |||
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"and of the rise and progress of the war with the Mahratta nation. | |||
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"Printed for Robson New Bond Street 1781." It is not yet published: | |||
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L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> S. says it is by Master Pechel: it contains information which | |||
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there is no other means of coming at: in that respect it is valuable: | |||
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but for composition it is I think the vilest stuff I ever | |||
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met with. I have just read it. This is one of the pleasant | |||
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incidents <del><gap/></del> <add>attendant upon</add> great houses: meeting with unedited books, | |||
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or books of the day before they are to be had elsewhere.</p> | |||
<p>This morning came a packet to L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> S. from France. It contained | |||
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2 <add>MS</add> papers: the one a journal of the operations of de Grasse from his sailing from | |||
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France to the day of the <add>troops</add> abandoning S<hi rend="superscript">t</hi> Lucie: the other a letter of Count Dillons | |||
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from that period to the taking of Tobago. The first man says the <unclear>post</unclear><!-- "port"? I think (next page) he means the fort of Morne Fortune, but it doesn't look like "fort"? --> in <add>S<hi rend="superscript">t</hi></add></p> | |||
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Ld S. says that Ld Chatham who governed every body else with so
high a hand was himself governed in a manner by the K. of Prussia,
who gave him information and suggested ideas to him even for his
maritime operations. This appears from a suite of letters from the
K. to Ld C. of which Ld S. has either the originals or copies, &
which I, I believe, may see.
I mistook — Ld Porchester upon Ld Pembroke's account
lose about £3500 — Supposing that he should be ruined, he had
sent over an agent to the continent to look out for a retreat.
Tuesday Aug. 28 8 in the evening
"An Historical account of the settlement & possession of Bombay
"and of the rise and progress of the war with the Mahratta nation.
"Printed for Robson New Bond Street 1781." It is not yet published:
Ld S. says it is by Master Pechel: it contains information which
there is no other means of coming at: in that respect it is valuable:
but for composition it is I think the vilest stuff I ever
met with. I have just read it. This is one of the pleasant
incidents attendant upon great houses: meeting with unedited books,
or books of the day before they are to be had elsewhere.
This morning came a packet to Ld S. from France. It contained
2 MS papers: the one a journal of the operations of de Grasse from his sailing from
France to the day of the troops abandoning St Lucie: the other a letter of Count Dillons
from that period to the taking of Tobago. The first man says the post in St
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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