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concurring with the proposition of his putting
himself to any such trouble: and that, if it was
the decision of Administration to refuse the old
spot, I thought I could not be too early in begging
leave to drop the business altogether: adding,
what was most true, that my resolution to that effect
was not the result of the whim or ill humour
of the moment, but of a long continued and
most deliberate reflection, grounded on reasons,
which I was ready to submitt to him at large.
It was thereupon that he gave it as his opinion
to which I saw no reason to withhold my acquiescence,
that you, Sir, were the person to whom any
such determination, as well as the reasons on which
it was grounded, would with most propriety be
submitted in the first instance.

It is for this purpose that I take the liberty
of troubling you, Sir, with the following Memorial
which I had been preparing for the Lords of the
Treasury which had the business of the Land
principally for its object, & which was nearly finished,
when information was given me of a
disposition which I had flattered myself would
have rendered any such address unnecessary.

Identifier: | JB/118/083/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 118.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	083	Info in main headings field	to dundas
Image	002	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d1 / d2 / d3 / d4
Penner		Watermarks
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Notes public	fair copy of letter 988, vol. 5	ID Number	39137
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