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Clubs, I should be glad to know how our Club does, I call it ours,
because I hope when I come to town, to be readmitted an honou-
-rable Member of it; I can assure you, Papa, I thought of you
last Fryday with a good deal of pleasure, which however was ac-
-companied with some regre.t, that I could not be present. pray
remember me next meeting to Mrs Holmes and Mrs
Abbot; — I find Mr Jefferson thought I meant a Gen-
-tleman. Commoner's Gown, as also did Mr Mores; whom I
met going up in a Machine as I was coming down hither; Mr Jefferson told
me he intended waiting upon you to dissuade you from my
having it upon supposition of it's being a Gentleman — Com-
-moner's Gown: but I have explain'd to him my meaning, and
he has no objection to it. it is very cheap, being but 2.6d a
Yard, and costs less than Prince's Stuff, and yet is I think
a good deal handsomer. yI will send you the Gown tomorrow sen-
-night by Kemp's Machine with some more Tully, 'till when
I am
Dear Papa

Your dutifull and
affectionate Son (in good spirits)

J. Bentham.

Pray give my duty
to my Grand mama,
and love to dear
Sammy boy.

Identifier: | JB/537/134/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 537.
Date_1	1761-11-21	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	537	Main Headings
Folio number	134	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	Correspondence	Number of Pages
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Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
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