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from any such circumstances as that of a mask <add>token</add> of<lb/> | from any such circumstances as that of a mask <add>token</add> of<lb/> | ||
disesteem imprinted <add>cast</add> in the character of him <add>under/to whose</add> whose<lb/> | disesteem imprinted <add>cast</add> in the character of him <add>under/to whose</add> whose<lb/> | ||
management it is <add>entrusted</add> | <del><gap/></del> management it is placed <add>entrusted</add>.</p> | ||
<p>In the year 1792, eighteen <add>nineteen</add> years ago, when<lb/> | <p>In the year 1792, eighteen <add>nineteen</add> years ago, when<lb/> | ||
you first gave in your proposal for the establishment<lb/> | you first gave in your proposal for the establishment<lb/> | ||
1000 being the number stipulated for in your proposal,<lb/> | 1000 being the number <del><gap/></del> stipulated for in your proposal,<lb/> | ||
<add>it was our hope</add | <del>we hoped and</del> <add>it was our hope</add> and expectation, to find in<lb/> | ||
you qualities of all sorts | you qualities of all sorts moral and intellectual<lb/> | ||
adequate to the management of the whole. The nineteen<lb/> | adequate to the management of the whole. The nineteen<lb/> | ||
years that have elapsed since have indicated <add>warned</add><lb/> | years that have elapsed since have indicated <add>warned</add><lb/> | ||
<del>to us the</del> us of the danger <add>that would be brought upon</add> | <del>to us the</del> us of the danger should bring on the <add>that would be brought upon</add><lb/> | ||
public by any government <add>administration</add> which should continue<lb/> | public by any government <add>administration</add> which should continue<lb/> | ||
to give so large a share of confidence. Proceeding<lb/> | to give so large a share of confidence. Proceeding<lb/> | ||
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with the whole. But that time is no more: and now<lb/> | with the whole. But that time is no more: and now<lb/> | ||
such as you have been proved to be by your conduct for these<lb/> | such as you have been proved to be by your conduct for these<lb/> | ||
last | last nineteen years, the half of that whole is quite as much as<lb/> | ||
the prudence so<lb/> | the prudence so<lb/> | ||
necessary in our selection<lb/> | necessary in our selection<lb/> | ||
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J.B. to Treasury
18 Jany 1811
Letter II
Be the nature of the establishment what it may
no great advantage to it can reasonably be expected
from any such circumstances as that of a mask token of
disesteem imprinted cast in the character of him under/to whose whose
management it is placed entrusted.
In the year 1792, eighteen nineteen years ago, when
you first gave in your proposal for the establishment
1000 being the number stipulated for in your proposal,
we hoped and it was our hope and expectation, to find in
you qualities of all sorts moral and intellectual
adequate to the management of the whole. The nineteen
years that have elapsed since have indicated warned
to us the us of the danger should bring on the that would be brought upon
public by any government administration which should continue
to give so large a share of confidence. Proceeding
with the caution the necessity of which has been imposed
upon us by a fuller knowledge of your character
we now entrust you as your and even now not without
great hestitation venture to trust you with half that
measure of confidence of which your muddle up
had rather too with too little circumspection been
thought capable of being entrusted with.
There was a time when it was thought and
hoped and thought that you might have been trusted
with the whole. But that time is no more: and now
such as you have been proved to be by your conduct for these
last nineteen years, the half of that whole is quite as much as
the prudence so
necessary in our selection
will endure
our trusting you with
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