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The designe for the perfect draining of the great level of the fens, called Bedford level, lying in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridge, Huntingtonshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire and the isle of Ely : as it was delivered to the honourable corporation for the draining of the said great level the 4th of June, 1664 : as also several objections answered since the delivery of the said designe now in agitation : and as for the new works intended in this designe appears in the annexed map : and the charge of the whole calculated /

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Main Author:	Dodson, William
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Printed by R. Wood, and are to be sold by Henry Twiford ... and by Rich. Marriot ..., 1665.
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Drainage > England > Early works to 1800. Fens, The (England)
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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