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<p>I shall take it as a very great favour if you will be so good<lb/> | <p>I shall take it as a very great favour if you will be so good<lb/> | ||
as to permit me to wait on you or if would | as to permit me to wait on you or if would take the trouble<lb/> | ||
of calling at N<hi rend="superscript">o</hi> 37 in <hi rend="underline">Wigmore</hi> Street.</p> | of calling at N<hi rend="superscript">o</hi> 37 in <hi rend="underline">Wigmore</hi> Street.</p> | ||
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<p>An officer in Ireland called Inspector of Prisons brought me a<lb/> | <p>An officer in Ireland called Inspector of Prisons brought me a<lb/> | ||
treatise to prove the practicability of the earnings of prisoners exceeding<lb/> | |||
their maintenance.</p> | their maintenance.</p> | ||
<p>I have procured him a power of | <p>I have procured him a power of superintending, the labour and<lb/> | ||
maintenance of a number of persons in confinements in hopes<lb/> | maintenance of a number of persons in confinements in hopes<lb/> | ||
that experience may justify his reasoning.</p> | that experience may justify his reasoning.</p> | ||
<p>I fear that the | <p>I fear that the comparative prices of labour and provisions<lb/> | ||
may be less favourable to the system in Ireland than in England,<lb/> | may be less favourable to the system in Ireland than in England,<lb/> | ||
but much advantage must result from the plan suggested,<lb/> | but much advantage must result from the plan suggested,<lb/> | ||
and if some <sic>expence</sic> should remain not provided for, the<lb/> | and if some <sic>expence</sic> should remain not provided for, the<lb/> | ||
<sic>publick</sic>, who must be considerably <sic>benefitted</sic> by the exchange between<lb/> | <sic>publick</sic>, who must be considerably <sic>benefitted</sic> by the exchange between<lb/> | ||
the habits of profligacy & | the habits of profligacy & there of reformation, ought cheerfully to pay<lb/> | ||
for it. I am Sir,<lb/> | for it. I am Sir,<lb/> | ||
with much respect Y.<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> most obed<hi rend="superscript">t</hi><lb/> | with much respect Y.<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> most obed<hi rend="superscript">t</hi><lb/> | ||
Hum<hi rend="superscript"> | Hum<hi rend="superscript">b</hi> Serv<hi rend="superscript">t</hi> J Parnell.</p> | ||
<p><hi rend="underline">Wigman</hi> Street<lb/> | <p><hi rend="underline">Wigman</hi> Street<lb/> | ||
Sir
I shall take it as a very great favour if you will be so good
as to permit me to wait on you or if would take the trouble
of calling at No 37 in Wigmore Street.
There are several circumstances connected with the penitentiary system on
which I should beg leave to ask your opinion; I think in doing so
I should give you less trouble than by correspondence on so complicated
a subject.
I had read the papers to which you are so good as to direct
my attention.
An officer in Ireland called Inspector of Prisons brought me a
treatise to prove the practicability of the earnings of prisoners exceeding
their maintenance.
I have procured him a power of superintending, the labour and
maintenance of a number of persons in confinements in hopes
that experience may justify his reasoning.
I fear that the comparative prices of labour and provisions
may be less favourable to the system in Ireland than in England,
but much advantage must result from the plan suggested,
and if some expence should remain not provided for, the
publick, who must be considerably benefitted by the exchange between
the habits of profligacy & there of reformation, ought cheerfully to pay
for it. I am Sir,
with much respect Y.r most obedt
Humb Servt J Parnell.
Wigman Street
August 9th 1790 Jer.y Bentham Esq.r
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