| StorageSite | UCL Special Collections |
| Level | Item |
| Reference Number | GALTON/1/1/4/1 |
| Title | Manuscript Notes on the Design of a Canal between Hull and Liverpool; plus Enclosed Agreement between Erasmus Darwin and William Rowley |
| Date | c1760 |
| Date2 | 1763 |
| Description | <p>Manuscript notes in three parts, annotated "The Lichfield Edition":</p>
<li>"Part 1st. A plan of a navigable canal intended for a communication between ye ports of Hull and Liverpool", 9 ff, with enclosed manuscript notes regarding the plan (1 ff).</li>
<li>"Part ye second. General advantages of inland navigation", 14 ff. Enclosed at the back of the notebook is an agreement between Erasmus Darwin and William Rowley regarding posts and rails in Burrow-copp and Mordlin's Well, dated May 9 [17]63.</li>
<li>"Part the third. Advantages of the designed canal", 19 ff with shield illustration on the cover.</li> |
| Extent | 3 bound notebooks plus 2 enclosures |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| AccessConditions | The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. |
| Related Material | An earlier draft is found amongst Erasmus Darwin's correspondence: see GALTON/1/1/9/5/10 and GALTON/1/1/9/5/11 |