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<p>(3<lb/> to put things completely in train myself. I had thought <lb/>therefore of engaging in my own name or <add> that of </add> such person <lb/>as I should appoint: with an intention of spending <lb/>a year or two and then leaving the business in the <lb/>hands of others with whom I could keep up a correspondence. <lb/>This is what I should not have hesitated a <unclear>current</unclear> <lb/>about if <del> <gap/> </del> <add> people</add> thought and acted as in England: but <lb/><del>it</del> I fear little would be done without my being in the <lb/>service of the Crown. <del> <gap/> I </del> my love affair at the same <lb/>time makes that the more desirable; and as any <lb/>offer I should now make of my services would be <del> cautioned</del> <add> attributed</add> <lb/>almost entirely to the last motive <del> I </del> as well by the <lb/>Empress herself as by people in general, there is a greater <lb/>chance of my offers being accepted, and I should be less<lb/><sic>mistified</sic> at a refusal. I therefore have written a <lb/>letter to the Empress for that purpose which I shall <lb/>give to <del> the </del> her principal Secretary tomorrow and <lb/> of which I enclose you a copy. I shall object to no terms<lb/>but what concerns rank. It is for honour & respect <lb/>that I should serve her Majesty by introducing my <lb/>improvements in her possessions. Profit I flatter myself <lb/>to gain by <del> un</del> introducing the same in possession of <lb/>private people. In this case however the engagement <lb/>with the latter must I believe be in the name of some <lb/>other person to whom of course I should give a <sic>proportionable</sic> <lb/> part of the profits.</p> | |||
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to put things completely in train myself. I had thought
therefore of engaging in my own name or that of such person
as I should appoint: with an intention of spending
a year or two and then leaving the business in the
hands of others with whom I could keep up a correspondence.
This is what I should not have hesitated a current
about if people thought and acted as in England: but
it I fear little would be done without my being in the
service of the Crown. I my love affair at the same
time makes that the more desirable; and as any
offer I should now make of my services would be cautioned attributed
almost entirely to the last motive I as well by the
Empress herself as by people in general, there is a greater
chance of my offers being accepted, and I should be less
mistified at a refusal. I therefore have written a
letter to the Empress for that purpose which I shall
give to the her principal Secretary tomorrow and
of which I enclose you a copy. I shall object to no terms
but what concerns rank. It is for honour & respect
that I should serve her Majesty by introducing my
improvements in her possessions. Profit I flatter myself
to gain by un introducing the same in possession of
private people. In this case however the engagement
with the latter must I believe be in the name of some
other person to whom of course I should give a proportionable
part of the profits.
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Identifier: | JB/539/358/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 539. |
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Correspondence |
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Samuel Bentham |
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