A letter to the Right Hon. Robert Peel, Secretary of State for the Home Department, on the supply of water to the metropolis.

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Date:
1828
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A letter to the Right Hon. Robert Peel, Secretary of State for the Home Department, on the supply of water to the metropolis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    compelled to remove Robson’s unfortunate Dolphin, and to place it higher in the river. In case this and a sound reprimand shall not be thought sufficient, then let a new and fair examination be instituted, or let them feel the weight of the secular arm, and let the water be brought from * Teddington to the environs of London, where it may also be converted to the purpose of deco- ration by sheets of water, jets d’eau, and architectural ornament. Would it not be becoming a great nation to lay out even to the amount of a million, towards the health and ornament of its glorious Me- tropolis. It may be asked why I am anonymous in this communication. It is solely for the purpose of that peace, which is so desirable to an old man, who has retired from the world; and as it does not relate to facts, the truth of which rest on my veracity and personal responsibility, but lie open to be * The name of Teddington, the etymology of which is said to be Tide-end-town, points it out as the precise spot from which the supply should be taken, all below that being subject to the opprobrium of London filth*
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