Reference
W1/3786
Title
W Roscoe to Samuel Whitbread II
Date free text
16 February 1809
Production date
From: 1809 To: 1809
Scope and Content
Fears the enquiry re Orders in Council before the House of Commons will go ill. Depression of the Manchester cotton trade. Only 9 mills out of 84 in full work. Poor rates in Manchester have doubled. Leeds-Liverpool Canal to join up with the Bridgewater Canal. Asks that the project may be supported except in certain clauses which will be injurious.
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