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<p>Tedious as this letter has been I can not close it | |||
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without <del>giving you</del> <add>inserting</add> a few extracts from one of M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Rob. <unclear>Davies</unclear> | |||
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to my Brother</p> | |||
<p><del>When</del> When I returned yesterday I found your very obliging | |||
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letter, and also the copies of the treatise on the Panopticon, with the | |||
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plans elevations and sections" ... <del>[Six were sent him to distribute, but | |||
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I suspect no distribution was made,] in consequence of which they <add>people there</add> are still | |||
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to seek in the whole of management.</del></p> | |||
<p><del>I am glad</del> It is not probable that the Gentlemen of <del>the Country</del> | |||
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<del>Mid Lothian and the Magistrates of Edinburgh</del> will be able to do any | |||
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thing. till they have raised the money, and that I am persuaded | |||
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they cannot do till summer 1792, which will afford me an opportunity | |||
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of explaining to you in person, what I shall only hint at | |||
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present." [N.B. Neither the late <del>nor the present</del> M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Adams ever <del>said or</del> | |||
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took any notice of my Brother afterwards, nor <del>the present</del> <add>his Brother</add> till now | |||
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that my Brother called on him.</p> | |||
<p>The friend to whom you send the letter with the books I found had <add>been</add></p> | |||
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Tedious as this letter has been I can not close it
without giving you inserting a few extracts from one of Mr Rob. Davies
to my Brother
When When I returned yesterday I found your very obliging
letter, and also the copies of the treatise on the Panopticon, with the
plans elevations and sections" ... [Six were sent him to distribute, but
I suspect no distribution was made,] in consequence of which they people there are still
to seek in the whole of management.
I am glad It is not probable that the Gentlemen of the Country
Mid Lothian and the Magistrates of Edinburgh will be able to do any
thing. till they have raised the money, and that I am persuaded
they cannot do till summer 1792, which will afford me an opportunity
of explaining to you in person, what I shall only hint at
present." [N.B. Neither the late nor the present Mr Adams ever said or
took any notice of my Brother afterwards, nor the present his Brother till now
that my Brother called on him.
The friend to whom you send the letter with the books I found had been
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Identifier: | JB/541/340/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 541. |
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