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| <p>Bowood Oct. 2<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> 1781 <add> 1781-10-2</add></p> <p>It was a cursed foolish thing in me to set myself such a task<lb/> as that of sending you a diary of every thing that passes here: &<lb/>now I do not recollect where I left off. Oh, I think it was on Saturday<lb/> that I despatched my letter; and I believe I told you of Bank's<lb/>coming in from <unclear>Pont-hill</unclear> with Pratt & Will Pitt. <del><gap/></del></p><p> Sunday Sept.<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> 30 came in to dinner a whole heap of Sturts, likewise<lb/> from Font-hill: M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> & M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> Sturt, Miss Sturt a girl about 17 or 18 &<lb/>  Miss Eliza Sturt, about 11.   Banks it appeared, is intimate in that<lb/> family.   After dinner came in Dunning, passing hot from Bristol.</p> <p> Monday [Yesterday] Oct. 1<hi rend="superscript">st</hi>.   A party of us went to Methuen's at Corsham<lb/> about <del>8</del> <add>5</add> miles from this place to see his pictures: it is a famous<lb/> collection made by S<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Paul Methuen: the family were not at home.<lb/> They are at L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Boston's , who married a daughter of Methuen's.   I <sic>shou'd</sic><lb/> have said Methuen's daughter, as he has but one.   The party consisted <lb/> of Lady Shelburne, L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Camden Miss Pratt & Miss Fox in <del> <gap/> </del> <add> L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> S's</add> Coach: Pratt<lb/> Pitt, Banks & your humble servant on horseback.   On our return, to my <lb/> great mortification we found M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> & M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> Dunning were set off for London.<lb/> It was absolutely necessary: M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> Dunning & her maid were expecting every hour<lb/> to fall to pieces.</p><p>Tuesday Oct.2.   In the morning before breakfast L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Camden & Miss<lb/> Pratt went off for Hereford-shire: Banks and Pitt for Kingston-hall<lb/> Bank's house in Dorsetshire: The Sturts to their house which is 4 miles<lb/> from Kingston-hall.</p> <p> Wednesday Oct.3.   This morning before breakfast Pratt went off for <lb/>Bath, where he is gone to cultivate his corporation: so that there is nobody left<lb/> but Barre & I.   S<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> G. <unclear>Bayntun </unclear> has been breakfasting here.  | <p>Bowood Oct. 2<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> 1781 <add> 1781-10-2</add></p> <p>It was a cursed foolish thing in me to set myself such a task<lb/> as that of sending you a diary of every thing that passes here: &<lb/>now I do not recollect where I left off. Oh, I think it was on Saturday<lb/> that I despatched my letter; and I believe I told you of Bank's<lb/>coming in from <unclear>Pont-hill</unclear> with Pratt & Will Pitt. <del><gap/></del></p><p> Sunday Sept.<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> 30 came in to dinner a whole heap of Sturts, likewise<lb/> from Font-hill: M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> & M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> Sturt, Miss Sturt a girl about 17 or 18 &<lb/>  Miss Eliza Sturt, about 11.   Banks it appeared, is intimate in that<lb/> family.   After dinner came in Dunning, passing hot from Bristol.</p> <p> Monday [Yesterday] Oct. 1<hi rend="superscript">st</hi>.   A party of us went to Methuen's at Corsham<lb/> about <del>8</del> <add>5</add> miles from this place to see his pictures: it is a famous<lb/> collection made by S<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Paul Methuen: the family were not at home.<lb/> They are at L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Boston's , who married a daughter of Methuen's.   I <sic>shou'd</sic><lb/> have said Methuen's daughter, as he has but one.   The party consisted <lb/> of Lady Shelburne, L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Camden Miss Pratt & Miss Fox in <del> <gap/> </del> <add> L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> S's</add> Coach: Pratt<lb/> Pitt, Banks & your humble servant on horseback.   On our return, to my <lb/> great mortification we found M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> & M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> Dunning were set off for London.<lb/> It was absolutely necessary: M<hi rend="superscript">rs</hi> Dunning & her maid were expecting every hour<lb/> to fall to pieces.</p><p>Tuesday Oct.2.   In the morning before breakfast L<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> Camden & Miss<lb/> Pratt went off for Hereford-shire: Banks and Pitt for Kingston-hall<lb/> Bank's house in Dorsetshire: The Sturts to their house which is 4 miles<lb/> from Kingston-hall.</p> <p> Wednesday Oct.3.   This morning before breakfast Pratt went off for <lb/>Bath, where he is gone to cultivate his corporation: so that there is nobody left<lb/> but Barre & I.   S<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> G. <unclear>Bayntun </unclear> has been breakfasting here.  One would think<lb/> he came here as a spy of the court: for he always comes at breakfast, <lb/> the time that people are collected together.   This is at least the sixth time of his<lb/> breakfasting with us since I have been here.</p> | ||
Bowood Oct. 2d 1781 1781-10-2
It was a cursed foolish thing in me to set myself such a task
 as that of sending you a diary of every thing that passes here: &
now I do not recollect where I left off. Oh, I think it was on Saturday
 that I despatched my letter; and I believe I told you of Bank's
coming in from Pont-hill with Pratt & Will Pitt. 
 Sunday Sept.r 30 came in to dinner a whole heap of Sturts, likewise
 from Font-hill: Mr & Mrs Sturt, Miss Sturt a girl about 17 or 18 &
  Miss Eliza Sturt, about 11.   Banks it appeared, is intimate in that
 family.   After dinner came in Dunning, passing hot from Bristol.
 Monday [Yesterday] Oct. 1st.   A party of us went to Methuen's at Corsham
 about 8 5 miles from this place to see his pictures: it is a famous
 collection made by Sr Paul Methuen: the family were not at home.
 They are at Ld Boston's , who married a daughter of Methuen's.   I shou'd
 have said Methuen's daughter, as he has but one.   The party consisted 
 of Lady Shelburne, Ld Camden Miss Pratt & Miss Fox in     Ld S's Coach: Pratt
 Pitt, Banks & your humble servant on horseback.   On our return, to my 
 great mortification we found Mr & Mrs Dunning were set off for London.
 It was absolutely necessary: Mrs Dunning & her maid were expecting every hour
 to fall to pieces.
Tuesday Oct.2.   In the morning before breakfast Ld Camden & Miss
 Pratt went off for Hereford-shire: Banks and Pitt for Kingston-hall
 Bank's house in Dorsetshire: The Sturts to their house which is 4 miles
 from Kingston-hall.
 Wednesday Oct.3.   This morning before breakfast Pratt went off for 
Bath, where he is gone to cultivate his corporation: so that there is nobody left
 but Barre & I.   Sr G. Bayntun  has been breakfasting here.  One would think
 he came here as a spy of the court: for he always comes at breakfast, 
 the time that people are collected together.   This is at least the sixth time of his
 breakfasting with us since I have been here.
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| Correspondence | |||
| Jeremy Bentham | |||