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a moving the Government to action , and in 1801 Telford was instructed to make a full survey and report on the whole state of affairs . I have received the Commands of the Lords Commissioners , ' wrote Nicholas Vansittart , M.P. , Joint ...
a moving the Government to action , and in 1801 Telford was instructed to make a full survey and report on the whole state of affairs . I have received the Commands of the Lords Commissioners , ' wrote Nicholas Vansittart , M.P. , Joint ...
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I have thus in a very hasty and imperfect manner sketched the outlines of the principal objects of the different surveys I have had the honour of making by their Lordships commands , and have given an abstract of my opinion , how far ...
I have thus in a very hasty and imperfect manner sketched the outlines of the principal objects of the different surveys I have had the honour of making by their Lordships commands , and have given an abstract of my opinion , how far ...
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The Lords Commissioners of H.M.'s Treasury , decided to continue the survey . They are , ' Telford was informed , “ perfectly satisfied with the manner in which you have executed the survey of part of the coasts of Scotland in which you ...
The Lords Commissioners of H.M.'s Treasury , decided to continue the survey . They are , ' Telford was informed , “ perfectly satisfied with the manner in which you have executed the survey of part of the coasts of Scotland in which you ...
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Contents
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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