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1820 Decr 9 11
J.B. to Blaquiere

Along with At length, now this are intended to go the those letters of introduction
spoken of in mine of the 17th Novr. They are now copying.
Besides the public matters above alluded to, which
have retarded them this long, is the extraordinary length
of them. For to one who I had not seen these 18
years an ordinary letter of introduction would never
have done. It seemed necessary to me to recall old stories
to them, and at the same time give such an account
of you as should excite their curiosity, and impress
upon them an expectation that the any time employed
by them in making your acquaintance would
not be lost. I mentioned the your intended history of the
Spanish revolution, but was afraid of mentioning you
keeping up a constant correspondence with Spain,
for fear of putting them on their guard, and closing
if not their doors, their lips. I gave them to understand
that you were of the number of our countrymen
in whose instance comparative economy was the motive
for thus preferring Paris to London as a residence.
I hope I did not do wrong in doing so. I make a
merit to this as well as to you (you will remember) of not giving
you a letter of introduction for you to carry to them,
so that if you see them at all it will be upon terms
made more pleasant that these ordinary ones.
In truth I should not have sent thi to you the letters
in question but for the opportunity which Mr Moore
is so happily possessed of.

Bowring is in Elysium: he and I are son and father.
He is one of the most extraordinary, if not the most extraordinary
man, I ever saw in my life. But here we have rated you
for attempting to send him to me without any the slightest
idea given to me of his worth! Vituperation, furious: but the
conclusion always is – pardon and gratitude. What a pity: his
health is so delicate! and the winter of this climate is scarce tolerable
to him. He is the
most loving creature
God Almighty ever
made. I scold him
for loving his wife and
child as he does. Yet he
never leaves me he says
but in better health as well as spirits.

Identifier: | JB/010/060/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Date_1	1820-12-11	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	010	Main Headings
Folio number	060	Info in main headings field	jb to blaquiere
Image	001	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d4 / e4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	john flowerdew colls	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	letter 2728, vol. 10	ID Number	3496
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