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<p><gap/> the land that had been purch<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> for the purposes. On my<lb/> | |||
' | plan in which on the report of my brother no more than<lb/> | ||
£27,000 ws to be given by Gov<hi rend="superscript">t.</hi> for the build<hi rend="superscript">g</hi> <del>for</del> which<lb/> | |||
£27,000 1000 prisoners were to be lodged, the present<lb/> | |||
penitentiary was erected at a cost which by diff<hi rend="superscript">t</hi> persons<lb/> | |||
at different times has been computed at £1000 for<lb/> | |||
every convict confined in it. The site on w<hi rend="superscript">h</hi> the build<hi rend="superscript">g</hi> was<lb/> | |||
erected was the Bank w<hi rend="superscript">h</hi> the Review speaks of – Mine<lb/> | |||
was to have been the elevated ground above spoken of –<lb/> | |||
I think it was £12 a year a head I was to have had.<lb/> | |||
The Reports that have been published from time to time<lb/> | |||
among the parliamentary papers will show the present<lb/> | |||
cost. I was to have done it by contract – of the<lb/> | |||
advantages of which see Panopticon – The plan of<lb/> | |||
management adopted was that in which the business<lb/> | |||
was to be carr<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> on in public a/c – 3 Comm<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi><lb/> | |||
being appointed for that purpose. At present, in the decayed<lb/> | |||
state of my memory, I do not at this moment recollect<lb/> | |||
the names of any of them. The present Lord Fenton<lb/> | |||
was active in this part of the business – I forget whether<lb/> | |||
he was one of the Commissioners or not. One I think<lb/> | |||
was a Clergyman – the <gap/> – the Secretary of<lb/> | |||
State's Office (M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> George Rose) <add>was</add> zealous & active in<lb/> | |||
support of the plan, in subordination to M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Pitt &<lb/> | |||
M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Sec<hi rend="superscript">y</hi> Dundas who, Dundas more particular was<lb/> | |||
enthusiastic in support of it. A vivid eulogium of his on<lb/> | |||
the plan may be seen in the H. of Commons Debates<lb/> | |||
of the time, – so also of Sir Charles Bunbury who I believed<lb/> | |||
was the first to mention it in <gap/> <gap/>. To put me in<lb/> | |||
immediate possession of the land in such sort as to enable<lb/> | |||
me to commence the building of it, the sum of £1000 for<lb/> | |||
the purpose of buy<hi rend="superscript">g</hi> out a lease that was on it was necessary.<lb/> | |||
When at last the principal if not the sole cause of the<lb/> | |||
retardation it had experienced became no longer capable of<lb/> | |||
being <gap/>. The King's Signature to the advance of<lb/> | |||
the £1000 was necessary. His dispatch of business was</p> | |||
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the land that had been purchd for the purposes. On my
plan in which on the report of my brother no more than
£27,000 ws to be given by Govt. for the buildg for which
£27,000 1000 prisoners were to be lodged, the present
penitentiary was erected at a cost which by difft persons
at different times has been computed at £1000 for
every convict confined in it. The site on wh the buildg was
erected was the Bank wh the Review speaks of – Mine
was to have been the elevated ground above spoken of –
I think it was £12 a year a head I was to have had.
The Reports that have been published from time to time
among the parliamentary papers will show the present
cost. I was to have done it by contract – of the
advantages of which see Panopticon – The plan of
management adopted was that in which the business
was to be carrd on in public a/c – 3 Commrs
being appointed for that purpose. At present, in the decayed
state of my memory, I do not at this moment recollect
the names of any of them. The present Lord Fenton
was active in this part of the business – I forget whether
he was one of the Commissioners or not. One I think
was a Clergyman – the – the Secretary of
State's Office (Mr George Rose) was zealous & active in
support of the plan, in subordination to Mr Pitt &
Mr Secy Dundas who, Dundas more particular was
enthusiastic in support of it. A vivid eulogium of his on
the plan may be seen in the H. of Commons Debates
of the time, – so also of Sir Charles Bunbury who I believed
was the first to mention it in . To put me in
immediate possession of the land in such sort as to enable
me to commence the building of it, the sum of £1000 for
the purpose of buyg out a lease that was on it was necessary.
When at last the principal if not the sole cause of the
retardation it had experienced became no longer capable of
being . The King's Signature to the advance of
the £1000 was necessary. His dispatch of business was
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