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<p>before then (I mean that of the 7<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> of July 1794) that I <hi rend="underline">persevered</hi> in <lb/> it. Had it been said to me in <hi rend="underline">those</hi> Days — <hi rend="underline">these powers are <lb/> employed in other cases, but they will not be in yours</hi>, my property <lb/> would have remained undissipated, and the Committee would <lb/> not have had this trouble</p> | |||
<p><hi rend="underline">Tothill</hi> <hi rend="underline">Fields</hi> possesses two <hi rend="underline">properties</hi> essentially necessary <lb/> to the execution of my Plan: <hi rend="underline">Vicinity to the Metropolis</hi>, and <lb/> <hi rend="underline">Vicinity to Water Carriage</hi>: in my Manufactory <hi rend="underline">Raw</hi> <hi rend="underline">Materials</hi> <lb/> and <hi rend="underline">finished Work</hi> are both of the <hi rend="underline">Bulkiest</hi> Kind, and a <hi rend="underline">prompt <lb/> communication with the Market</hi> is indispensable. Vicinity <lb/> to the Metropolis is a condition much insisted upon by the <lb/> original Planners of the Penitentiary System (and most of <lb/> all by Howard) for the purposes of <hi rend="underline">example</hi> and <hi rend="underline">inspection</hi>. If <lb/> a place <hi rend="underline">could</hi> exist, of which it could be said that it was <hi rend="underline">in no <lb/> Neighbourhood</hi>,it would be <hi rend="underline">Tothill Fields</hi>. Two <hi rend="underline">Prisons</hi>, and <lb/> four or five <hi rend="underline">Poor-Houses</hi> of different sorts, already in existence, <lb/> will surely be sufficient to shut the door against objections on<lb/> the Score of Neighbourhood. I can say from measurement, <lb/> that no House of an Account superior to a Tradesman's or a <lb/> Public House, stands with in Quarter of a Mile of the intended <lb/> Building. </p> | |||
<p>The persons principally interested in the Character of <hi rend="underline">Proprietors</hi>, <lb/> have been applied to with that respect and reverence which <lb/> is their due: a <hi rend="underline">formal</hi> or decided <hi rend="underline">consent</hi> is more than I have to <lb/> boast of; but Symptoms of <hi rend="underline">acquiescence</hi> were manifested, and none <lb/> of opposition. The opinion of their Professional advisor was <lb/> declaredly in favour of the measure.</p> | |||
<p>To speak with confidence of the dispositions of several<lb/> thousand <hi rend="underline">Inhabitants</hi>, possessing rather a nominal than <lb/> a real Interest in the character of <hi rend="underline">Commoners</hi>, will not be expected, of an Individual by whom they have not been canvassed <lb/> but as far as assurances can be depended upon, from a quarter <lb/> the best qualified of any for affording such assurances, <hi rend="underline">assistance</hi>, <lb/> much more likely than <hi rend="underline">opposition</hi>, would be to be <lb/> expected from <hi rend="underline">that</hi> source. They had authentic notice long ago, <lb/> (though from another quarter) and not the smallest Symptom of <lb/> opposition was <hi rend="underline">then</hi> manifested, nor has been since.</p> | |||
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before then (I mean that of the 7th of July 1794) that I persevered in
it. Had it been said to me in those Days — these powers are
employed in other cases, but they will not be in yours, my property
would have remained undissipated, and the Committee would
not have had this trouble
Tothill Fields possesses two properties essentially necessary
to the execution of my Plan: Vicinity to the Metropolis, and
Vicinity to Water Carriage: in my Manufactory Raw Materials
and finished Work are both of the Bulkiest Kind, and a prompt
communication with the Market is indispensable. Vicinity
to the Metropolis is a condition much insisted upon by the
original Planners of the Penitentiary System (and most of
all by Howard) for the purposes of example and inspection. If
a place could exist, of which it could be said that it was in no
Neighbourhood,it would be Tothill Fields. Two Prisons, and
four or five Poor-Houses of different sorts, already in existence,
will surely be sufficient to shut the door against objections on
the Score of Neighbourhood. I can say from measurement,
that no House of an Account superior to a Tradesman's or a
Public House, stands with in Quarter of a Mile of the intended
Building.
The persons principally interested in the Character of Proprietors,
have been applied to with that respect and reverence which
is their due: a formal or decided consent is more than I have to
boast of; but Symptoms of acquiescence were manifested, and none
of opposition. The opinion of their Professional advisor was
declaredly in favour of the measure.
To speak with confidence of the dispositions of several
thousand Inhabitants, possessing rather a nominal than
a real Interest in the character of Commoners, will not be expected, of an Individual by whom they have not been canvassed
but as far as assurances can be depended upon, from a quarter
the best qualified of any for affording such assurances, assistance,
much more likely than opposition, would be to be
expected from that source. They had authentic notice long ago,
(though from another quarter) and not the smallest Symptom of
opposition was then manifested, nor has been since.
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