| Reference Number | DE/6/10/3/8 |
| Title | Correspondence and papers relating to the Birmingham Canal Navigations, with particular reference to the estate's opposition to the Birmingham Canal Bill [1839 - 1840] |
| Description | Includes: Birmingham Canal Navigations petition to the House of Commons [Sep 1840]; agreement between the Birmingham Canal Navigations and Francis Downing for reduced tolls on raw materials at the Conigree Iron Works [1 Apr 1839]; report, accounts and printed list of proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigations [May 1845]; prospectus of the London & Birmingham Canal [1836]; toll receipts for the Dudley Navigation/Birmingham Canal [1839]; printed notice regarding bar tolls for the Birmingham Canal Bill; printed case against the Birmingham Canal Bill [1839]; list of tonnages on the Birmingham Canal Navigations [1844]; and expenses in opposing the bill [1839].
Correspondents include: Richard Smith; Francis Downing; John Freeth; B. Best; David Hill; John Henry Benbow; William Matthews; S. D. Williams; Clement Ingleby; William J. Alban; George Firmstone; John Foster; Robert Thomas; and George Nicholls.
Bundle cover labelled: '163 Birm. Canal Co. Correspondence etc. Trustees of Earl Dudley' |
| Date | 1837 - 1845 |
| Physical Description | [some damp damage - to clean] |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | [1 bundle] |
| Level | Item |