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monstrous late the Post is!</p>
monstrous late the Post is!</p>


As to the Huntingdon scheme, I have about as good an
<p>As to the Huntingdon scheme, I have about as good an
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opinion of it as you have. Q.S.P. has mentioned it to me
opinion of it as you have. Q.S.P. has mentioned it to me
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and to my Uncle. &#x2014; Yesterday
and to my Uncle. &#x2014; Yesterday he told me of his having written
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to you about it. What use there would be in your coming to
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town about it is more than I can see. At any rate let him
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make what enquiries about it he has in mind: it will be
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<add>"<hi rend="underline">pushing</hi>", it will</add> serve him for amusement, and keep him quiet for a
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while. But I do not think that a prospect so uncertain
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ought to keep the money from being laid out in the stocks.
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While it <del>lays</del> <add>lies</add> dead, there is a certain loss: at the worst
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it is but the <sic>expence</sic> of brokerage which I think is not
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more than 2<hi rend="superscript">s</hi> - 6<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> p<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Cent. Q.S.P. <add>(before he started the Huntingdon scheme)</add> mentioned it as his
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desire that the money should be invested in the funds, and bid
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me tell my Uncle so.</p>


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Jan:y 26. 1778 7 o'clock

Your letter, my dear Sam, is but just come in - how
monstrous late the Post is!

As to the Huntingdon scheme, I have about as good an
opinion of it as you have. Q.S.P. has mentioned it to me
and to my Uncle. — Yesterday he told me of his having written
to you about it. What use there would be in your coming to
town about it is more than I can see. At any rate let him
make what enquiries about it he has in mind: it will be
"pushing", it will serve him for amusement, and keep him quiet for a
while. But I do not think that a prospect so uncertain
ought to keep the money from being laid out in the stocks.
While it lays lies dead, there is a certain loss: at the worst
it is but the expence of brokerage which I think is not
more than 2s - 6d pr Cent. Q.S.P. (before he started the Huntingdon scheme) mentioned it as his
desire that the money should be invested in the funds, and bid
me tell my Uncle so.

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Identifier: | JB/538/158/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538.

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1778-01-26

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158

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Jeremy Bentham

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