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My dear Sir, | <p>My dear Sir,<lb/> | ||
It is now so long since I have had any Letter<lb/> | |||
It is now so long since I have had any | from my son, and the uncertainty I am under how<lb/> | ||
to convey any thing to him is so great, that I hope<lb/> | |||
you will have the goodness to excuse the liberty<lb/> | |||
I take in venturing to trespass upon your known<lb/> | |||
friendship for him, to beg a passport from you<lb/> | |||
for the letter which accompaneys this, in hopes<lb/> | |||
you may have an opportunity of forwarding it<lb/> | |||
to him at Cherson, thro' the favour of Prince<lb/> | |||
Potemkin, or some one or other of his Connections,<lb/> | |||
as I understand, by our public Prints, that his<lb/> | |||
Highness is now at Petersburgh; where I doubt<lb/> | |||
not but he will receive the gracious acknowledgem<hi rend="superscript">ts</hi><lb/> | |||
of the Empress for the glorious success of his late<lb/> | |||
exploits; of some of which, if I am not<lb/> | |||
misinformed, my son has had the happiness of<lb/> | |||
being an eye witness, if he has no otherwise<lb/> | |||
partaken of the hazard and danger attending them.<lb/> | |||
Give me leave, my dear sir, to embrace this<lb/> | |||
opportunity, to acknowledge the obligation I am<lb/> | |||
under to you for your kindness, in giving yourself | |||
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My dear Sir,
It is now so long since I have had any Letter
from my son, and the uncertainty I am under how
to convey any thing to him is so great, that I hope
you will have the goodness to excuse the liberty
I take in venturing to trespass upon your known
friendship for him, to beg a passport from you
for the letter which accompaneys this, in hopes
you may have an opportunity of forwarding it
to him at Cherson, thro' the favour of Prince
Potemkin, or some one or other of his Connections,
as I understand, by our public Prints, that his
Highness is now at Petersburgh; where I doubt
not but he will receive the gracious acknowledgemts
of the Empress for the glorious success of his late
exploits; of some of which, if I am not
misinformed, my son has had the happiness of
being an eye witness, if he has no otherwise
partaken of the hazard and danger attending them.
Give me leave, my dear sir, to embrace this
opportunity, to acknowledge the obligation I am
under to you for your kindness, in giving yourself
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Identifier: | JB/541/034/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 541. |
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1789-03-25 |
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Correspondence |
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Jeremiah Bentham |
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