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Reasons humbly offer'd to the consideration of the publick; shewing how the works now executing by Virtue of an Act of Parliament to recover and preserve the navigation of the River Dee, will destroy the navigation and occasion the Drowning of all the Low Lands adjacent to the said river. From observations made on the spot; and from instances of the ruinous effects like works have had at the ports of Lyn, Rye, Wisbech and Spalding. With an appendix. Illustrated with a map of each of those rivers, to compare with a map of the River Dee, all drawn by hand.

Title
Reasons humbly offer'd to the consideration of the publick; shewing how the works now executing by Virtue of an Act of Parliament to recover and preserve the navigation of the River Dee, will destroy the navigation [electronic resource] : and occasion the Drowning of all the Low Lands adjacent to the said river. From observations made on the spot; and from instances of the ruinous effects like works have had at the ports of Lyn, Rye, Wisbech and Spalding. With an appendix. Illustrated with a map of each of those rivers, to compare with a map of the River Dee, all drawn by hand.
Author
Badeslade, Thomas.
Publication
Chester : printed by Roger Adams. No more than 100 Copies printed, [1735]

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Description
14p.,plates : maps; 2⁰.
Subject
  • Dee, River (Wales and England) > Early works to 1800
  • Inland navigation > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Note
  • Preface signed and dated: Thomas Badeslade. November 15, 1735.
  • Below the imprint: "No more than 100 copies printed .. with the mapps".
  • Only the map of the River Dee is engraved, the rest are in MS.
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642429658
  • ECCO1-T142862
Author
Badeslade, Thomas.
Title
Reasons humbly offer'd to the consideration of the publick; shewing how the works now executing by Virtue of an Act of Parliament to recover and preserve the navigation of the River Dee, will destroy the navigation [electronic resource] : and occasion the Drowning of all the Low Lands adjacent to the said river. From observations made on the spot; and from instances of the ruinous effects like works have had at the ports of Lyn, Rye, Wisbech and Spalding. With an appendix. Illustrated with a map of each of those rivers, to compare with a map of the River Dee, all drawn by hand.
Imprint
Chester : printed by Roger Adams. No more than 100 Copies printed, [1735]
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T142862.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England Chester.
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