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Lot 31
31. Bentham (Jeremy, philosopher, jurist and reformer, 1748-
1832) au t o g r a p h d r a f t o f a l e t t e r in t h e t h i r d person to t h e
Cat h o l i C as s o C i at i o n, 1p., folio, with an autograph note at the
head by his executor and editor John Bowring with date and note:
“JB. to the Catholic Association. Not sent”, 9th December 1822,
sending “Five pound from Jeremy Bentham” and expressing the
hope that “his oppressed brethren of the Catholic persuasion will
neither retaliate persecution by persecution, nor attempt redress by
insurrection, but unite with the liberal among Protestants for the
attainment of security for all, against depredation and oppression in
every shape, by the only practicable means - Parliamentary Reform,
in the radical and soley efficient vmode”, and with a long section,
amounting to more than half the text, crossed through, removed
from an album, ruled in red, folds, browned. £1,500 - £2,000
*** The note by Bowring notwithstanding, the letter was evidently
sent though without any of the text crossed through in the present
manuscript. Bowring noted at the end of this transcription of the
letter that he had persuaded Bentham to suppress the text deleted.
However, he did retain a copy of it and it is printed in full in The
Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, 2006, vol. 12, p. 73, the source
being the Bowring edition, 1843, vii. x. p. 544.
The Catholic Association, formed by Daniel O’Connell, collected
money known as Catholic Rents to defray the costs of publishing
and petitioning for the removal of the political disabilities imposed
on Roman Catholics. Bentham’s contribution of £5 was noted in the
issue of the Examiner for 26 December 1824.
31a. Letters.- Grant (Charles, director of the East India Company
and philanthropist, 1746-1823) au t o g r a p h le t t e r s i g n e d to h i s
s o n Ch a r l e s, 3pp. & address panel, sm. 4to, India House, 17th
October 1823, on his son’s marriage, “So you have made a quiet
expedition with the Highlander’s in order to chuse for yourself a
wife! I hope you have chosen well, and very sincerely wish you
& my young kinswoman all the happiness to be looked for in a
chequer’d world”, and enquiring about a suitable ship to take him
to India, “Capt. Campbell of the Duke of York is rewcommended to
me in preference, and I have some little claim on his attention”, torn
where opened and with small tears to edges, folds, browned; and
a large quantity of other letters, including from Sir Alfred Keogh
(1857-1936), army medical officer, and 1 from Sarah Churchill
(daughter of Sir Winston Churchill), and a very large quantity of
others, v.s., v.d., 20th century (lge qty). £300 - £400
32. Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, army officer, 1769-
1852) au t o g r a p h le t t e r s i g n e d to de a n o f Ch r i s t Ch u r C h
Co l l e g e, ox f o r d, 1p., 4to, Stratfield Saye, 19th January 1825,
requesting permission for his sons, Lord Douro and Lord Wellesley
to have weekend leave from the College, tipped-in on album guard,
folds, browned; and 3 others, letters of Palmerston, Peel and an A.N.
of John Piper’s, sm. 4to & 8vo (4). £300 - £350
Lot 33
33. Bentham (Jeremy, philosopher, jurist and reformer, 1748-
1832) [sy n o p s i s o f Ch a p t e r seven o f h i s w o r k “states o f mi n d w i t h
r e s p e C t to d e l i n Q u e n C y” o f h i s proJeCted b u t u n f i n i s h e d w o r k “pe n a l
Co d e”], a u t o g r a p h m a n u s C r i p t, 1p., headed: “watermarked 1824,
ruled in red, slightly browned, housed in a custom made moroccobacked
cloth slip-case, folio, 11th July 1826. £2,000 - £2,500
*** be n t h a m’s p e n a l C o d e.
Contains the essence of Bentham’s projected chapter on “States of
Mind” intended for the Penal Code section of the Pannomium, the
keystone of Bentham’s project for comprehensive code-making
(he invented the term “codification”) which he believed should be
enacted as the law, representing the will of the sovereign power, and
that it should be consistently aimed at promoting the public interest
or happiness. Indispensable to this was that every provision should be
accompanied by a short rationale in which its purpose and justification
were explicitly stated and thereby made intelligible to all.
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