(Canals, Pottery and the Industrial Revolution) An important...

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(Canals, Pottery and the Industrial Revolution) An important archive concerning the expansion of Canals, circa 1790 John Ward. 'Observations on the Advantages of the Proposed Western Canal from Newbury to Bath,' pp.3 on one leaf, folded, vg, Marlborough, Dec. 21, 1790; 'Plan of the Canal's proposed to be made near Derby and Burton shewing how they will affect the Trent and Mersey or Grand Trunk Canal,' engraved colour map, contemporary ink annotations, one leaf, folded, vg, [c.1790]; 'Calculations on the Conveyance of Merchandize from the Grand Trunk Canal, Potteries, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, &c. computed from Sturton to the Severn at Diglis, below Worcester, by the Proposed Canal,-and by the Present Navigation,' one leaf, 2.pp, vingette engraved map, vg, [c.1790]; 'Western Canal. At a meeting of the Committee appointed to take the Opinion of the Public, respecting an Extension of the Navigation of the Rivers Kennett and Avon......Charles Dundas, Esq. in the Chair,' one leaf printed to recto, folded with staining, to the recto is a MS list of the committee, in a contemporary hand, Marlborough, 26th July, 1788; 'The Report of Joseph Hodkinson, Egineer, on the Proposed Improvement of the River Severn, from Coalbrook-Dale to Worcester,' pp.6, string bound, folded, vg, Arundell, Street, Strand, [c.1786]; 'At a Meeting of the Owners and Occupiers of Lands and Mills, Situated In the Course of the Proposed Canal, Called The Commercial Canal, Held at Uttoxeter, in the County of Stafford, the 10th. Day of August, 1796. Josiah Wedgwood, Esq; In the Chair,' 1.pp folded with ALS letter to verso, to Charles Bill Farley from (?) Robinson, 1796; ALS from J. Hollinshead to The Rev. Mr. Bill Farley, two and half pages concerning the price of calico and the running of the Staffordshire potteries, 'the general meeting was rather disagreeable, I am of opinion, we should fix rents, to the same price as Clay, but not to return the money nee for that article, which think too be agreeable to the potters, for they cannot purchase materials reasonable, certainly the Bristol, & Yorkshire potteries will rival them,' no date written, thought to be c.1780; 'Reasons Against the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. 8th March 1790,' one leaf folded, 2.pp, vignette engraved map, vg, 1790; 'Navigation from Trent to the Mersey. April 17th. 1792: State of the Company's Accounts for the half Year ending 31st. of December last,' one printed page, table showing costs, folded with tear to middle fold, 1792; MS exercise book for John Bill 1810, thin card wraps, pp.55, 1810; With a later MLS addressed to John Bill, two printed announcements concerning the Western Canal and Rivers Kennet and Avon 1788; With twenty two printed works, mostly plans, observations, cases &c. regarding Canal expansion and waterways. Scarce ephemeral works.