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bargain to a better, but I said & still say that<lb/>government is to judge of what is the best bargain<lb/>not you | <p>bargain to a better, but I said & still say that<lb/>government is to judge of what is the best bargain<lb/>not you — If I am not to have Battersea rise say<lb/>you I will have nothing — I reply that there seems to <lb/>me no reason for such a determination perhaps you<lb/>cannot work it at so low a rate <unclear>per</unclear> man elsewhere, but<lb/>first let Surveyors ascertain under the Act whether the<lb/>Penitentiary House is to be built there or elsewhere<lb/>if elsewhere — make new proposals, those you have made<lb/>apply only to Battersea Rise & cannot conclude you for<lb/>another Spot — but cannot you conceive it possible that<lb/>it may be more eligible & more economical too upon<lb/>the whole for government to give you higher terms <unclear>per</unclear><lb/>head in another place, the original Cost of the Land<lb/>may be so much higher in one place than another as<lb/>alone to make the whole difference — But instead<lb/>of considering what I said in this Light in which I<lb/>thought I had sufficiently explained it you <sic>chuse</sic> to<lb/>suppose <del>t</del> me to mean that to please an Individual<lb/>government would make a bad bargain instead of<lb/>a good one, an Idea far indeed from my thoughts<lb/>& which if you had been disposed to consider with fairness<lb/>what I said you would not have imputed to me.</p> | ||
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bargain to a better, but I said & still say that
government is to judge of what is the best bargain
not you — If I am not to have Battersea rise say
you I will have nothing — I reply that there seems to
me no reason for such a determination perhaps you
cannot work it at so low a rate per man elsewhere, but
first let Surveyors ascertain under the Act whether the
Penitentiary House is to be built there or elsewhere
if elsewhere — make new proposals, those you have made
apply only to Battersea Rise & cannot conclude you for
another Spot — but cannot you conceive it possible that
it may be more eligible & more economical too upon
the whole for government to give you higher terms per
head in another place, the original Cost of the Land
may be so much higher in one place than another as
alone to make the whole difference — But instead
of considering what I said in this Light in which I
thought I had sufficiently explained it you chuse to
suppose t me to mean that to please an Individual
government would make a bad bargain instead of
a good one, an Idea far indeed from my thoughts
& which if you had been disposed to consider with fairness
what I said you would not have imputed to me.
It is unnecessary for me to say any thing upon
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