Record

StorageSite	UCL Special Collections
Level	Item
Reference Number	GALTON/3/2/1/159
Title	Wedgwood, Josiah
Date	30 Jun 1765
Description	Letter from Josiah Wedgwood to Erasmus Darwin. The letter discusses a public campaign to gather support for obtaining an Act of Parliament necessary for the improvement or construction of a "navigation" or canal. Mentions Worsley and the Manchester area as well as the Duke of Bridgewater, which indicates that the letter may refer to the Bridgewater Canal, which was constructed to enable the transportation of coal from Worsley to Manchester.
Extent	1 letter
AccessStatus	Restricted access
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.

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