Copies of papers relating to schemes and calculations, Written in about 1724-1725
File
MS. Gough Somerset 7
Copies of papers relating to schemes and calculations addressed to, or connected with, James Brydges first duke of Chandos. Of the papers, which are varied in kind, the principal are:
- P. 11. About a scheme for the improvement of the river Parret and the benefit of Bridgwater, by a new cut to the sea, 1723/4
- Pp. 63, 311. About fountains and reservoirs at Canons in Middlesex, 17 20-2 4/5
- P. 77. 'Etablissement de la Banque royale de Paris, sous la direction de Mr Jean Law.'
- Pp. 103, 135, 143, 231, 262, 341. About the Royal African company and its agents, Playster Onely (1721) etc., about 1720-25
- About New England (Ste-Croix, 1716, p. 122: Lake Erie, 1718, p. 127: New York, 1724, p. 231)
- P. 167. 'Copy of a Journal up the River Gambia ...' in search of gold, about 1690 (?)
- P. 183. 'An estimate of the degrees of mortality of mankind ... by mr. E. Hailey ...'
- P. 215. 'Description de l'Isle de Corisco ... 1724.'
- About the East Indies (St. Kit's, p. 240: Barbados, 1723, pp. 243, 247)
- P. 277. Levels taken in the neighbourhood of Cavendish square, London, where the duke had property, 1724/5
- P. 333. About the York Buildings Company in London, 1725
The writer may have been William Denham (see p. 181): he was a person of mathematical tastes, in the service of the Duke.
Dates
- Written in about 1724-1725
Extent
398 pages
Shelfmark
MS. Gough Somerset 7
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 18217
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
8 1/4 × 6 5/8 in.
Repository Details
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