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Mr Long to Mr Bentham. —

Treasury Chambers 24th March 1801

Sir
Having laid before the Lords Commissioners of His Majestys Treasury a Letter
from the Duke of Portland, together with sundry other Papers respecting the Contract for erecting
a Penitentiary House and maintaining the Convicts, I am commanded by their Lordships
to desire you will state, under what terms you are willing to Contract for building a
Penitentiary House for 500 Persons, + + See Note to B below: No 3 — Mr. Bentham's Note in the letter written 28 Mar 1801 and for maintaining the Convicts, if the measure
should be resolved upon: and if, upon consideration of that proposal the plan should
be relinquished altogether, my Lords desire you will inform them<hi rend='superscript'>|| || Their Lordships will have no such trouble. — They have no powers for any such
thing: — nor could have, without a petition from me to Parliament. — When I petition, it will be for an Address for the execution of the Law, not for compensation for the
breach of it. — what compensation
you conceive yourself entitled to for your expenses and Loss of Time in preparing for the Undertaking.
I am Ac—

Identifier: | JB/116/391/003"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116.
Date_1	1801-03-24	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	116	Main Headings	panopticon versus new south wales
Folio number	391	Info in main headings field
Image	003	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner		Watermarks	1798 am
Marginals		Paper Producer	frances wright
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1798
Notes public	copies of letters 1619 and 1630, vol. 6	ID Number	37924
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