Alternative spellings

Jeremy Bentham often used alternative, unusual, or idiosyncratic spellings in his writings. This page lists some spellings that you may encounter in the manuscripts. This list will become a resource for other users, so feel free to edit this page, adding any alternative spellings that you have met in the course of your transcription work.

A-F

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admitt alledge ax burthen characteristick cloaths / cloathes / cloathed committ

compleat connexion controul denuntiation depretiation divers

encrease enterprize enuntiation expence fixt fulfill

G-L

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• gulph

• incumbrance

• intituled

M-R

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• mixt

• oeconomy

• occurr(s)

• publickly

S-Z

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• shew / shewn

• submitt

• traffick

• tranquillity

• untill