Edward Hall, Agent to the Macclesfield Canal Company
Edward Hall's Journal entries
1836-1840
| 1836 | |
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March 21 |
With Mr Stanley and his son Owen to examine the stone quarries in Sutton |
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May 12 |
With Mr Philips, Mr Watts and Mr Nichols to Biddulph and Knypersley |
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June 6 |
To Manchester to meet the Committee of the Ashton and Peak Forest Canals about the proposed new Birmingham & London Canal |
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June 23 |
To Marple |
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June 29 |
With Mr Philips and Mr Watts on deputation to the Birmingham Canal Company |
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June 30 |
To Birmingham. Dea's Hotel |
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July 1 |
In Committee Boat with several other deputations to examine the new works of the Birmingham Canal |
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July 2 |
With Meadows to several canal offices |
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July 13 - 14 |
Survey of canal |
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August 24 |
To Manchester about the Sutton Reservoir |
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August 30 |
Dined at Mr Cholmondeley's - Knutsford |
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August 31 |
With Messrs Cholmondeley, Winter, Brown, Watts and Meadows to Anderton and Dutton and returned to Knutsford. Dined at Mr Cholmondeley's and returned home |
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September 7 |
With Mr Brown to examine the site of the intended Sutton Reservoir |
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October 29 |
To Manchester about the Sutton Reservoir |
| 1837 | |
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May 24 |
Public Dinner at Hotel on occasion of Princess Victoria's 21st birthday |
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June 26 - 27 |
Survey of Peak Forest Canal |
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September 18 |
Lonsdale, the Canal Clerk, died |
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September 21 |
Attended Lonsdale's funeral |
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September 22 |
Embankment of canal at Jolley's Valley gave way |
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November 29 |
With Nichols to survey proposed Biddulph Canal and Railway |
| 1838 | |
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January 3 |
F A Philips arrived |
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January 4 |
With him to Biddulph and back |
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January 5 |
Philips left |
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January 13 |
To Manchester and dined at the bank with F A Philips |
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January 14 |
Dined at Thornfield with F A Philips and returned home |
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January 22 |
To Congleton and back |
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January 26 |
To see Mr H H Williamson |
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February 2 |
Dined at Mr Robert Williamson's, Ramsdell Hall, to meet Mr Watts. Slept at Congleton |
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February 3 |
With Mr McKenzie and Nichols to Biddulph, dined at Congleton and returned home |
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February 7 |
To Congleton and back |
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February 15 |
To Congleton and Biddulph with McKenzie |
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February 28 |
To Manchester with Nichols to meet McKenzie about proposed Biddulph Canal and Railway |
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April 4 |
To Newcastle to see Mr Thomas Fenton on the Biddulph business |
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May 21 |
To Manchester. Wrote to Mr Winter about Grand Junction Railway. Dined and slept at Thomas Bent's |
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May 22 |
Introduced to Mr Thomas Cooke |
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June 1 |
Canal burst at Clayton's new basin |
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June 25 |
Sent testimony to Grand Junction Railway Company |
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August 28 |
Meeting of Carriers and Canal Companies at Dee's Hotel |
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August 29 |
Returned to Macclesfield |
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September 15 |
Dined with Meadows. Returned home |
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September 17 |
To Hall Green and back |
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December 3 |
To Stone - Trent & Mersey Select Committee |
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December 7 |
Macclesfield Canal Committee. Salary raised to £500 per year |
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During 1838 Edward Hall gradually became more involved with projected railway companies - later events indicate some unsuccessful ventures |
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| 1839 | |
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January 28 |
Meadows "came over" to dine |
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January 30 |
To Manchester to attend meeting of the Ashton and Peak Forest Committees |
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February 5 |
To Manchester on business with Meadows, Simpson, Buckley. Dined at T Bent's |
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February 6 |
Dined at Rowland Bent's |
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February 8 |
To Manchester. Called on Mr Cooke, Mr Robert Garnett and Mr Winter. Slept at T Bent's. Sent testimonial to the directors of the London & Birmingham Railway |
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February 18 |
To Manchester and back |
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February 22 |
To Red Bull, Hall Green and back |
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February 27 |
By railway to London |
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February 28 |
Attended London & Birmingham Board of Directors. Mr Baxendale elected. Returned home |
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February 29 |
Macclesfield Canal Committee |
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March 27 |
To Manchester to attend Peak Forest Canal Committee |
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April 13 |
To Congleton and back |
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May 28 |
To Congleton |
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May 29 |
To Marple |
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June 17 |
F A Philips came |
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June 18 |
With F A Philips and Mr Watts to Mr Robert Williamson's |
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June 22 |
To Manchester and back |
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July 15 |
To Manchester and back |
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August 13 |
With wife to Manchester to visit Mr and Mrs Meadows. To the Opera - edI Puritani |
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August 15 |
Returned home. Overturned in the Potter Coach. Several passengers hurt |
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September 4 |
Mrs Meadows and the children came - left on 12 September |
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September 13 |
To Congleton |
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October 18 |
To Congleton |
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November 27 |
To Manchester and back. Meeting of the three Subcommittees of canals |
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November 30 |
James Dale left his employment |
| 1840 | |
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January 3 |
F A Philips arrived |
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June 3 |
To Manchester and Liverpool |
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June 5 |
To Manchester. Dined with Aspinal Philips and returned home |
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June 8 |
To Manchester to attend meeting of the Committees of the three canals and returned home |
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June 18 |
Seized Robins & Co cart horses. Went to Manchester and back |
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June 23 |
To Coventry to attend meeting of canal delegates |
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July 4 |
To Manchester and back |
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August 18 |
To Manchester and back |
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August 31 |
To see Mr Heelis. Manchester Concert |
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November 2 |
To Stockport to swear in Canal Constables |
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November 21 |
To Congleton for same |
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December 17 |
To Manchester and back |