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Letter from John Cowley [Mayor of Doncaster], Doncaster to Joseph Mellish.
Catalogue reference: Me C 20/5
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- Me C 20/5
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Title (The name of the record)
- Letter from John Cowley [Mayor of Doncaster], Doncaster to Joseph Mellish.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 16 December 1724
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Description (What the record is about)
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Informs him they have sent a petition to London to make the River navigable up to Doncaster and assures him they do not intend to recede from the agreement made with him and the rest of the Gentlemen the previous year. The River will certainly be made navigable at some time and believes it can never be effected on terms less hazardous to the country than those they agreed upon.
[Formerly Me 163-102/5]
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/b3e52eba-2767-43ae-81e8-f2b9e8d49c69/
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Me C 1-38
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This record is held at Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
Within the fonds: me-me4
Papers of the Mellish Family of Hodsock, Nottinghamshire, 1160-1911.
Within the sub-fonds: Me
Papers of the Mellish Family of Hodsock, Nottinghamshire, c.1160-1911
Within the series: Me C 1-38
Correspondence
Within the sub-series: Me C 20/1-11
Letters concerning the Court of Sewers and River Dun Navigation
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Letter from John Cowley [Mayor of Doncaster], Doncaster to Joseph Mellish.