Proposed monument to the memory of the late Thomas Telford, Esq., civil engineer, F.R.S. L.&E. &c..
[London : Roake and Varty, printers, 31, Strand.,
1835]
Document, consisting of two folded sheets of paper, recording the meeting of friends of the late Thomas Telford in London on March 21, 1835. They formed a committee for the "purpose of considering the propriety of erecting a monument to his memory". The document also gives a list of subscribers to the proposed monument.
Signed at end of p. [2]: T.B. Gascoyne, Secretary. Possibly Captain Thomas Bamber Gascoyne (1793-1864).
Includes a facsimile of a MS letter written by Colonel Charles Pasley on behalf of the committee, to be sent out to potential new subscribers to the monument, along with a form for them to fill in (not included in this copy).
Caption title.
Telford, Thomas, 1757-1834.
England London.