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The report of James Golborne, of the city of Ely, engineer; : in pursuance of several resolutions passed at a meeting of the Committee of land owners, and others, interested in the improvement of the outfall of the river Ouse, at the Crown and Anchor, in the Strand, on Thursday the 16th of June, 1791; and read before the same committee, at the Rose Tavern, in Cambridge, on Wednesday the 31st. of August, in the same year; and which is now printed by order of the said Committee

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The report of James Golborne, of the city of Ely, engineer; : in pursuance of several resolutions passed at a meeting of the Committee of land owners, and others, interested in the improvement of the outfall of the river Ouse, at the Crown and Anchor, in the Strand, on Thursday the 16th of June, 1791; and read before the same committee, at the Rose Tavern, in Cambridge, on Wednesday the 31st. of August, in the same year; and which is now printed by order of the said Committee

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1791.
Call number: 653657
Creator: Committee of Landowners and Others Interested in the Improvement of the Outfall of the River Ouse(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Maggs Bros. Ltd. Rare Books & Manuscripts, December 2021. In vol. 3 of twelve pamphlet volumes bound for William Pearce (1744-1820). This volume is signed W. Pearce 1815 and has his ms. table of contents. Probably from a collection begun by James Golborne, and the title page has the cropped tail of what may be a letter J. Ely Cathedral Library copy, sold at Christie's (30 May 1986:196). Volumes 3-8 of the twelve bought by the Huntington from Maggs Bros., Nov. 2021; the other six were evidently sold earlier and their whereabouts is unknown.
Dimensions: 23 cm (4to)
Associated people: Golborne, James. (-1797,); Whittingham, William, (1744-1820,); Pearce, William,
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