Sir, I take the liberty to inclose to you, a copy of proposals for carrying out certain public works in this city. From the account given of them in these proposals, I persuade myself you will be of opinion, that it is the duty of every well-wisher of his country, to contribute, in proportion to the property he has in it, for helping forward a work that is so much for the public utility, and the benefit and ornament of the metropolis. To give you therefore an opportunity of doing it, a subscription-paper is lodged with the magistrates of your county-town. ... [electronic resource].
1752
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Sir, I take the liberty to inclose to you, a copy of proposals for carrying out certain public works in this city. From the account given of them in these proposals, I persuade myself you will be of opinion, that it is the duty of every well-wisher of his country, to contribute, in proportion to the property he has in it, for helping forward a work that is so much for the public utility, and the benefit and ornament of the metropolis. To give you therefore an opportunity of doing it, a subscription-paper is lodged with the magistrates of your county-town. ... [electronic resource].
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[Edinburgh] : [s.n.], [1752]
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1 sheet ; fol..
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Signed and dated in MS.: 1752 Geo Drummond L. P., i.e. George Drummond, Lord Provost of Edinburgh.
Dated at foot: Edinburgh, Aug. 29. 1752.
The 'Proposals' referred to is Lord Minto's 'Proposals for carrying on certain public works in this city', published in the same year.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Signed and dated in MS.: 1752 Geo Drummond L. P., i.e. George Drummond, Lord Provost of Edinburgh.
Dated at foot: Edinburgh, Aug. 29. 1752.
The 'Proposals' referred to is Lord Minto's 'Proposals for carrying on certain public works in this city', published in the same year.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009.
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The 'Proposals' is at t117335
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English Short Title Catalog (ESTC), T221285
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Great Britain -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.
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