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room for such doubt. To leave the requisite latitude
of permission for such portraits as might otherwise
be made of the person in question without any
other views than those which give birth to other
portraits, the prohibition might, (it may be supposed) be confined to
portraits of a certain dominion within such and
such bounds in point of sin: but, after everything
that could be done in this way, the want
of certainty with regard to the subject matter of
the imitation would remain unremoved. The⊞ ⊞ The question Guilty or not Guilty would still rest on no firmer ground than the vague idea of similtude.

To remedy now this and remove this uncertainty, an additament,
to the some such offer purpose purpose on the following, would, it
is presumed, be effectual enough. Connected with
the effigie, a legend, indicative of the person individual represented:
as thus. U.S. A.B. With an the one portrait,Abraham Adams, Esq.
elected Governor 31 May 1800: with an the other, or Benjamin Browne Esq.
appointed Cashier 2 Jan<hi rend="superscript">y 1790</hi>: – together with
this further additament — For security against Forgery.
With The legend out of the question, with the same guiltless intentions that give birth
to other portraits, the portrait of Mr Governor Adams might,
not not only be taken for his own nor in the use of
a friend, but even export to sale in the way of
trade: with the same gre intentions equally
guiltless, it might happen, that so much of the
proposed legend as is descriptive indicative of the individual
represented might also be connected with the portrait
in the same way: but that, with any other
intentions than the criminal ones supposed, an individual
not commissioned by the Bank should form
in connections with any such portrait, or with any portrait
whatsoever favourable the proposed additional part of the legend
especially

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	003	Main Headings	manual of political economy
Folio number	319	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e3 / f15
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	1798 <…>m
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1798
Notes public		ID Number	1729
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