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Ref NoMS 3219/4/10/5/4/6
Finding NumberMS 3219/4/287/6
TitleVarious papers concerning patents, canals, alkali, pipes, costs etc.
LevelFile
Date1800 - 1805
DescriptionThere is an original bundle wrapper on which has been written: ' Observations memorandums & odd papers 1800 - 1805'. 'No 1 to 10' has been added in red ink. The bundle comprises:

1. Papers for the adjustment of law expense account. March 1800.
2. Resolutions of the delegates from the Birmingham Canal, the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, the Dudley Canal and the
Stratford Canal. 10 October 1805.
3. Printed specification of the 1804 patent granted to Henry Clayfield of Bristol for the separation of alkalis 1805.
4. Printed observations on the rating of tolls on navigable canals to the poor. 1805.
5. Some observations on the subject of patents. nd.
6. Notes by Thomas Jones of Bersham Iron Foundry on a trial of wire drawn lead pipes at Bersham. nd. [docket reads 1805].
7. 'List of some who have not served Sheriff of Stafford. 1804.'
8. 'Directions for sending off box for Mr Muirhead Ap[ri]l 3 1806 & charges of case.'
9. 'Mr B[enjamin] Roebuck's Memoir upon the manufacture of Gunpowder, 1803. Read before the Royal Society but not
printed.'
10. 'Calculations upon the new loan, 1802.'
Extent10
FormatItems
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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