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Dear Bentham— | |||
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I am much obliged to you | |||
for your papers & keys— & the permission to | |||
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see your brother's letters— I have opened 2 | |||
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of them, but find no news to communicate | |||
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to Wilson— The contracts of one of | |||
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them shows that a <unclear>vailable</unclear> man, as your | |||
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brother certainly is, may not have sufficient | |||
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experience to discover a sea-monster at first sight | |||
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You may rely with the fullest confidence | |||
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on my discretion— The 2 franks you | |||
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left me were directed to Lincoln's Inn— | |||
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So they could not serve to forward your | |||
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letters— But I have got two, & sent | |||
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all your letters, for tho' you only desire | |||
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to have those from Aberdeen Plymouth or | |||
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Paris, there can, I sh<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> think, be no harm | |||
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in having the others— There is one fr. Aberdeen | |||
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This I had great itching to open for I have</p> | |||
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London— 4 Oct.
Dear Bentham—
I am much obliged to you
for your papers & keys— & the permission to
see your brother's letters— I have opened 2
of them, but find no news to communicate
to Wilson— The contracts of one of
them shows that a vailable man, as your
brother certainly is, may not have sufficient
experience to discover a sea-monster at first sight
You may rely with the fullest confidence
on my discretion— The 2 franks you
left me were directed to Lincoln's Inn—
So they could not serve to forward your
letters— But I have got two, & sent
all your letters, for tho' you only desire
to have those from Aberdeen Plymouth or
Paris, there can, I shd think, be no harm
in having the others— There is one fr. Aberdeen
This I had great itching to open for I have
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1778-10-04 |
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Correspondence |
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"Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie" |
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