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.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Dee, River (Wales and England).

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

Inland navigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (14p.,plates ) maps ;

Other 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

Place of Publication:

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

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.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T142862.

OCLC:

642429658