Canal Navigation Project Proposed In Derby to Mersey
A December 6 1755 notice outlines a plan to build a navigable canal from near Widen Ferry in Derbyshire to the River Mersey. It calls for a Parliament act, funding via 505 shares, capped at 20 shares per person, and subscriptions across many towns. It details directors, land damages, compensation, and proxy voting, with 5 percent interest on paid shares and printed resolutions for public circulation.
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Trenc
County of
Derby
Mersey
A&t
Bentley
Liverpool
Tomkinson
Manchetter
James Ford
Cangleton
Mr. Sparrow
Newcastle
Lyme
Stevenson
Mercer
Stafford
Francis Cobb
Litchfeld
Boulton
Birmingham
Willington
Tamworth
Benjamin Mollimeny
Wolverhampton
Benjamin Cooper
Walfal
John Finch
Dudley
William Mulgrave
Buyton Upon Trent
Samuel Crompton
Abel Snitch
Nottingham
Samuel Fweneyman
Newark
Maxelson
Gainsborough 3
Trace Broadley
Finc
Sparrow
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Prologue Notes and Early 18th Century News Containings
A fragment from a theatre era piece includes a prologue spoken by Wilford as Lady Loues A in a play, discussing the public treasury of wit and the poet's duty to share talent. The text shifts to a London stage epilogue by a performer named Mistress Wilford, venting nerves about a new role and the burden of a long epilogue. Subsequent items report overseas dispatches from December, including Petersoourg and Warsaw notes on empress colonies, court trials, and nobility, plus Vienna and Naples political moves, and Port News from Falmouth to Deal with ships and arrivals along with Royal levies and Parliament expectations.
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Ferling Fiore
Mie Wilford
Lady
Loues A
Ucha
Carey
Bridget
Marth
Holland
Petersoourg
Lagermania
Warsaw
Courland
Vienna
Count d E Taffe
Naples
Leopold
Infanta
Spain
Gortz
Italy
Ratisbon
Duke de Chablais
Sardinia
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Damascus
York
Smeaton
Nortihalrea
Yorkthireyar
Chesnut
Pywwell Fom
N. B. Boch
Heber
Tob
Ponp
Merxy
Park-lane
Hyde Park Corner
Colis
Willies
Firtewoop
Freehold
Hanover Square
Firewood
St. James’s Church
Piccadilly
Jane Geldard, de Griffin
Richmond
Yorkshire
Belisle
Wilco
Crowther
England
Thomas Hardan
Bellewle
William Crowther
Promas Hardan
Walliam Crowther
Wen Man
vLv
Royal Exchange
Rrack
India Company’s.Sale
Jamaica
Pancheon Ats
Derett Co
Charles Wen van and Co
Royal
Bowad
Briith
Mark
James Buchanan
Edwe
Ch. Dilly
Che Poultry
SH Walker
Walker
Fleetetane
Bor
Erneit Veritas
Weenie Bell Bridge
Staffordshire
Advocate
Cooke
Shakespeare’s Head
Price
Flaer-Street
Becket
de Hondt
the Strand
Ts Lewis
Ruffel-Screer
Covent-Garden
J. Walter
Charing Cross
Alphon
Burling
Ouse
Key
Mr. Kay
Baker’s Coffeehouse
Bill
Deara
Thors Ewig
Francfort
Fan
Hanau
Mary
Hefss-Catled
Great Britain
London
Parma
Dominick Count de Pignatelli
Cuure
Leghorn
Miniltes
Algiers
Dob
Republic of
Levets
Blume
Paris
Roufféau
Hume
Bagels Raphael de Scheiden
Ditlon
Duke de Nivernais
Rennes
M. de Chalotais
Ngce
Alxichainpide
M. de Caradeug
Scote
Edinburgh
Alexander Gillmour
Gunbore
John Giame
Dubheads
Perthsore
Bristoh
Downs
Noom
Queen’s Palace
James’s
Lords
Commons
William Pitt
Elys
Bond Street
House of Commons
Ditra
Ditto
George Sackville Ditto
Spe
Board of Commissioners-of- Excise
John Qilehar
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