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Publication date: 7 May 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781800089389

Number of illustrations: 1

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The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 14

Supplementary letters

Philip Schofield (Editor),  Tim Causer (Editor),  Chris Riley (Editor)

This volume, which supplements the main chronological series of The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, contains 252 letters written to and from Jeremy Bentham, 19 letters written to and from individuals other than Bentham but containing material of biographical interest, and the will made by Bentham on 17 August 1785. The letters have either never before been published or been only partially published in previous volumes of The Correspondence. A large number of the letters were written by Bentham’s brother Samuel on his journey to Russia and during his sojourn in Russia, covering the years 1779 to 1791. This meticulously researched and richly annotated volume contains much new information of biographical interest and deepens our knowledge of Bentham’s relationship with his family, with the panopticon penitentiary scheme, and with such ‘disciples’ as Étienne Dumont, Henry Bickersteth, and Leicester Stanhope. Of particular interest will be correspondence with Prince Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin, Sir Samuel Romilly, Jacques Pierre Brissot de Warville, and John Quincy Adams.

List of letters in Volume 14
Introduction
Symbols and abbreviations
Correspondence, August 1745 to June 1828
Index

DOI: 10.14324/111.9781800089389

Number of illustrations: 1

Publication date: 07 May 2026

PDF ISBN: 9781800089389

EPUB ISBN: 9781800089402

Hardback ISBN: 9781800089365

Paperback ISBN: 9781800089372

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