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JEREMY BENTHAM (1748-1832)
Autograph letter signed ("Jeremy Bentham") to Sir Charles Bunbury, 3pp., 8°, Middlesex, Oct 31, 1793 (slightly frayed, fold marks, paper repairs).
Concerning the erection of a new jail at Bury, "for the benefit of the country, should my humble endeavours prove successful in its service, my ambition goes to no less than the becoming, under the auspices of Sir Charles Bunbury, Jailor, as Lord Kenyon is Chief Justice, of all England ... what I imagine would recommend itself to [the Gentlemen of the Country] as the most cautious and prudent course that can be adopted, is to wait, if the exigency is not too pressing, till the practicality and ability of the Panopticon mode of construction has been proved or disproved by the experiment which is so speedily to be made and upon so large a scale ... I am at present occupied, at the recommendation of authority in preparing a Bill for Mr Pitt to bring in for that purpose at the opening of the Session."
Autograph letter signed ("Jeremy Bentham") to Sir Charles Bunbury, 3pp., 8°, Middlesex, Oct 31, 1793 (slightly frayed, fold marks, paper repairs).
Concerning the erection of a new jail at Bury, "for the benefit of the country, should my humble endeavours prove successful in its service, my ambition goes to no less than the becoming, under the auspices of Sir Charles Bunbury, Jailor, as Lord Kenyon is Chief Justice, of all England ... what I imagine would recommend itself to [the Gentlemen of the Country] as the most cautious and prudent course that can be adopted, is to wait, if the exigency is not too pressing, till the practicality and ability of the Panopticon mode of construction has been proved or disproved by the experiment which is so speedily to be made and upon so large a scale ... I am at present occupied, at the recommendation of authority in preparing a Bill for Mr Pitt to bring in for that purpose at the opening of the Session."