BIB_ID
159924
Accession number
MA 617
Creator
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815.
Display Date
1797 Mar. 29.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (7 p.), bound : ill. ; 31.6 cm
Notes
With a small watercolor drawing, on page 2, of a landscaped portion of the proposed canal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1909.
Summary
Detailing his proposal for a Canal using the Acts of Parliament as a guide; discussing in detail elements such as the width of the paths, the kinds of trees to be planted, the projected costs and expressing his hopes for the ways in which it could be used.
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