REPORT ON THE EXMOOR MINERAL PROPERTY, Addressed to Frederic Winn Knight, Esq., M.P., etc., etc.

Llewellin (William), Mushet (Mr), and others

Published by and 1857, 1855

About this Item

22pp. 1855. Bound with. FREDERIC WINN KNIGHT, M.P. Plaintiff. against HENRy WILLIAM SCHNEIDER, M.P., and ROBERT HANNAy. 61pp, short tear to one margin, some ink underscoring, ink blot to first leaf, not affecting legibility, hole in the last 2 leaves affecting a few words. 1857. Two items bound in one volume, small folio, early cloth, top boards spotty, and with a couple of damped areas, internally sound. Signed inscription by Knight to the top margin of the first leaf. Exmoor extends along the coast from Combe Martin, in Devon to Minehead in Somerset. The Knight family owned extensive property centered around Simonsbath on Exmoor. Frederick Knight had ambitions to expand mining activity which did not materialise. The reports, in the first item, explored the possibility of mining activity being extended on the moor. The second item is the dispute that arose between Knight and Messrs Schneider and co., iron ore merchants. Pasted in at the rear is a cutting from a newspaper, dated March 1858 about the case. --- Please e-mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include SOMERSET - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: REPORT ON THE EXMOOR MINERAL PROPERTY, Addressed to Frederic Winn Knight, Esq., M.P., etc., etc.
• Publisher: and 1857
• Publication Date: 1855
• Binding: Hardcover
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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