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I must be brief—I have a good deal to tell you, and but little
time to tell it in. I have seen W. I have talked to him.
He has promised me to bring me a mortgage executed by
him on Wednesday if he comes to town that day, as
he says he intends if not to send it in on Thursday.
He accounts for his not having done it before, by his inutility
to get the writings. I told him they were entirely destined
things: his not being able to do all, was no reason
for his not doing what he could do. He said the writings
were in the hands of a man to whom he owes £250:
but he assures me, thereno the premises are not mortgaged
to him or any one. If so, all is well. If the man
Is written much I will find him out and try whether
I can not prevail on him to let me have the writings:
I mean as after when W— has executed the mortgage he has no sort of telle to the writings; but is comfortable by law to give them
up to the mortgager: nor is the possession of them of any immediate consequence
Identifier: | JB/538/101/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538. |
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1777-03-09 |
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Correspondence |
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Jeremy Bentham |
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