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It is quite wrong- ' The main points in Telford's second report were that he recommended considerable improvements in both the main lines of communication between the Lowlands and the Highlands which were in a very bad state and needed ...
It is quite wrong- ' The main points in Telford's second report were that he recommended considerable improvements in both the main lines of communication between the Lowlands and the Highlands which were in a very bad state and needed ...
Page 110
The port itself he found to be already a place of considerable trade , has many conveniences and accommodations ; abounds with enterprising and wellinformed men ; and its being so happily situated between two very considerable rivers ...
The port itself he found to be already a place of considerable trade , has many conveniences and accommodations ; abounds with enterprising and wellinformed men ; and its being so happily situated between two very considerable rivers ...
Page 233
... the considerable debt I already stood in with You ; to whom I own all the Success of latter Years , nay more , the strength of fighting the obstacles thrown in my way ; but You are no Friend of words and so no more of the subject .
... the considerable debt I already stood in with You ; to whom I own all the Success of latter Years , nay more , the strength of fighting the obstacles thrown in my way ; but You are no Friend of words and so no more of the subject .
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Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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