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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Badeslade, Thomas.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inland navigation.

Dee, River (Wales and England)--Early works to 1800.

Dee, River (Wales and England).

Inland navigation--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

14 pages,plates : maps ; 2⁰

Place of Publication:

Chester : printed by Roger Adams. No more than 100 Copies printed, [1735]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

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.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T142862.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.