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<p> the first opportunity that has occurred of sending you the one<lb/> and the other: and having now | <p> the first opportunity that has occurred of sending you the one<lb/> and the other: and having now <del>taken</del> got a copy taken of<lb/> the above fragments of the original I have thereby the satisfaction <lb/> of <del>placing</del> <add> having secured</add> the contents <del>out of the reach of th</del> against the<lb/> dangers of the sea. Whether the <add>first</add> rough copy was <sic>compleated</sic><lb/> or if not how far it was carried down I have not <lb/> yet had the means of learning, though I expect <del>them</del> <add> in a few weeks or so</add> to see <lb/> a person who can inform me. The bulk of my <del>p</del> baggage<lb/> and amongst the rest a Secretaire which contains some of <lb/> my Papers, though sent for from home are not yet arrived<lb/> from the Crimea to which country they were taken from <lb/> Constantinople. Whatever parts <add> of any</add> of the copy are not among<lb/> those papers went or at least were to go to my father along <lb/> with <add> that part of </add> the original which you received. <del>If any other</del> <add> Whatever other</add> parts<lb/> <del><add>besides the </add> than what you now receive the copy of </del> find their way hither<lb/> I <del>wd</del> <unclear>case</unclear> I will get copied by the same hand who wrote what<lb/> I <del>now</del> send you now. I am sorry to think that this <del>best account</del> <add> tedious history</add> <lb/> <del>I have</del> which I know not how to shorten should after all <lb/> be so far from being as satisfactory as I could wish and as <lb/> you are entitled to expect. To account for it not being more <lb/> so, you will forgive I hope my putting your patience so<lb/> much further to the trial as to represent to you think the <lb/> changes of <gap/> the ship which after all I did miss at the <lb/> first place of rendezvous obliged me to precipitate my <gap/></p> | ||
the first opportunity that has occurred of sending you the one
and the other: and having now taken got a copy taken of
the above fragments of the original I have thereby the satisfaction
of placing having secured the contents out of the reach of th against the
dangers of the sea. Whether the first rough copy was compleated
or if not how far it was carried down I have not
yet had the means of learning, though I expect them in a few weeks or so to see
a person who can inform me. The bulk of my p baggage
and amongst the rest a Secretaire which contains some of
my Papers, though sent for from home are not yet arrived
from the Crimea to which country they were taken from
Constantinople. Whatever parts of any of the copy are not among
those papers went or at least were to go to my father along
with that part of the original which you received. If any other Whatever other parts
besides the than what you now receive the copy of find their way hither
I wd case I will get copied by the same hand who wrote what
I now send you now. I am sorry to think that this best account tedious history
I have which I know not how to shorten should after all
be so far from being as satisfactory as I could wish and as
you are entitled to expect. To account for it not being more
so, you will forgive I hope my putting your patience so
much further to the trial as to represent to you think the
changes of the ship which after all I did miss at the
first place of rendezvous obliged me to precipitate my
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1786-06-28 |
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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