Letter to the Right Hon. W.E. Gladstone M.P., president of the Board of Trade, on the importance in a national point of view of railway extension, and the encouragement which should be afforded by government to such undertakings

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  Kashnor notes, "A secretly printed map. The map relates to a project for making Bridge Town the Grand Naval Establishment of the West Indies in time of war. The notes show that the project, if carried out, would make Bridge Town the mart of the West Indies." MS note: 742 (on backing). Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 742 (on backing).

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