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<p> Brompton near Chatham Oct. 5. 1782</p> <p> Hon:<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Sir </p> <p>I wrote to you the day before yesterday by <lb/> a frank of M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Gascoyne's. I now enclose<del>d</del> Sam's promised <lb/> letter: you have every scrap of paper that belongs either to <lb/> that or the former one. You, <add> who</add> have the convenience of books<lb/> and maps, I wish you would be kind enough to tell me<lb/> whether you can meet with any thing about <hi rend="underline">Chremencheck</hi> <lb/> and <hi rend="underline">Barnaoul</hi>, & what <add> longitude &</add> latitude they are respectively in: <lb/> <hi rend="underline">Irkutsk,</hi> the place the letter is dated from, we both know.<lb/> I remember writing it with you not only upon Voltaire's <lb/> map, but upon the globe. If you have a mind to astonish<lb/>the politicians at Bakers (is it not?) with the extent of <lb/> your political intelligence, you may tell them as a great <lb/> secret, that Franklin has had a fit of the apoplexy from<lb/> <add> a</add> <lb/> See the other leaf</p> | <p> Brompton near Chatham Oct. 5. 1782</p> | ||
<p> Hon:<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Sir </p> <p>I wrote to you the day before yesterday by <lb/> a frank of M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Gascoyne's. I now enclose<del>d</del> Sam's promised <lb/> letter: you have every scrap of paper that belongs either to <lb/> that or the former one. You, <add> who</add> have the convenience of books<lb/> and maps, I wish you would be kind enough to tell me<lb/> whether you can meet with any thing about <hi rend="underline">Chremencheck</hi> <lb/> and <hi rend="underline">Barnaoul</hi>, & what <add> longitude &</add> latitude they are respectively in: <lb/> <hi rend="underline">Irkutsk,</hi> the place the letter is dated from, we both know.<lb/> I remember writing it with you not only upon Voltaire's <lb/> map, but upon the globe. If you have a mind to astonish<lb/>the politicians at Bakers (is it not?) with the extent of <lb/> your political intelligence, you may tell them as a great <lb/> secret, that Franklin has had a fit of the apoplexy from<lb/> <add> a</add> <lb/> See the other leaf</p> | |||
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Brompton near Chatham Oct. 5. 1782
Hon:d Sir
I wrote to you the day before yesterday by
a frank of Mr Gascoyne's. I now enclosed Sam's promised
letter: you have every scrap of paper that belongs either to
that or the former one. You, who have the convenience of books
and maps, I wish you would be kind enough to tell me
whether you can meet with any thing about Chremencheck
and Barnaoul, & what longitude & latitude they are respectively in:
Irkutsk, the place the letter is dated from, we both know.
I remember writing it with you not only upon Voltaire's
map, but upon the globe. If you have a mind to astonish
the politicians at Bakers (is it not?) with the extent of
your political intelligence, you may tell them as a great
secret, that Franklin has had a fit of the apoplexy from
a
See the other leaf
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Jeremy Bentham |
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