JB/119/039/001

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Hulks

The Ditch and Roof Salt we began in August
last —

In the winter when the weather permitts they
work from 1/2 past 8 till 2 or 3. They are allowed
1/2 an hour to breakfast. At present
they work from 7 to 12; and from 1 to 6.

In summer they will work later.

I have no advantage from their labour,
I think the men don't do so much as Common
Labourers, but as much as a labourer employ'd
upon the Roads. I think they can't do so much
as they might if they were not chained.

In their first coming a board their depression
of spirit was astonishing: they had
a great dread of their punishment. I encouraged
them to do their duty without being shamed:
by they made a bad use of it.

Their sadness and depression of spirit
made it almost fatal to them. I thought that
holding out hopes of pardon to them might have
a good effect, and I recommended five of them
to the Secretary of State and he pardoned them.
I found they worked more cheerfully after that,
and from time to time those I thought well
deserving I recommended to the Secretary os State.
60 have been pardoned, and none have returned, except
Barrington and another.

Identifier: | JB/119/039/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 119.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	119	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	039	Info in main headings field	hulks
Image	001	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f9 / f10 / f11 / f12
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[gr with crown motif] propatria [britannia motif]]]
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Notes public		ID Number	39550
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