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Friday April 26. 1776
As ill luck would have it, Dr Mulford went out of
town suddenly on the sudden yesterday sennight, a fortnight
or more before, as he told me, he had proposed. I was
told however at his lodgings that he talked of returning again in a
short time. I wrote to him last night to know when.
I know of some business he has, that will probably
bring him to town within these three weeks
Mr Wise was in town a few days ago, and brought me
a letter from Mrs Wise.
Your letter to Wilson came to hand.
As to keeping accounts, for your own satisfaction the
practise measure would by no means be a bad one. At
present perhaps it might be of no great use. But if
your money concerns should ever come to be a little more complicated,
it might be absolutely necessary. As to shewing them
to him, that is quite another thing. C'est une servitude
a quoi si j'etais vous je ne voudrais guere me soumettre. Cependant,
le meilleur parti peut-être ne serait pas de s'en excuser formellement: mais
de n'en dire rien: & s'il jamais lui vienne en l'esprit
de demander qu'on les lui fasse voir les comptes,
ce que je ne crois pas, alors & pas avant de s'en
excuser. D'apres l'experience que vous en avez eu, vous
devez savoir combien il ecrit d'apres l'humeur, & combien
peu d'apres reflexion. Il s'etait enclume about that
time; & was very low spirited: and he told me he was dissatisfied
with every thing and every body. Il lui manqut
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Jeremy Bentham |
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