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that lies in my Power to forward your good intentions towards her & remain
Sir With the Greatest respect
Your most obt. hble Servt
J:T: Bell
Lincoln 9th Janry 1789
[Following letter by Banks]
Sir
I beg you to accept my thanks for your Polite Letter that you will assure the Mayor & the rest of the gentlemen that I am very sensible of the honor of their obliging message. I have no motive under heaven in wishing the liberation of the girl in your Gaol but mere humanity and as I am informed that she is not as I had conceived a general object of compassion my warmth is much abated. the miserable state of your Prison however induces me to wish to persist even tho she does not deserve compassion on any other account
Such being my motives I wish very much that Mr Cawthorne may be applied to every trouble that he takes will be clear gain to me & the Girls liberation is all I wish for without the least [share of?] desire for praise on the subject he also can give you an official statement of the intents of Government which in my situation being out of Parliament I cannot pretend to do.
I [apprehend?] the sum intended to be drawn [indecipherable] the Town purse be it more or less intended [indecipherable]
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