From William Buckland 15 July [1848]
Suffolk.
15 July,
My dear L.,1
I have pleasure in forwarding to Mr. Chadwick2 your recommendation of Mr. E. Cresy,3 but as far as I know there will be occasion for no further services of engineers in the proposed map of the streets & houses of London than those of the Privates & Corporals of the Ordnance Survey Department4 at a cost of as many shillings a day to the public as would be pounds if the work were done by educated engineers. I believe the existing staff is fully adequate to all the work under contemplation & that not one additional officer will be required. Nevertheless I will forward your letter as your friend seems so valuable a person in case of any occasion for his services.5
Believe me, | Very truly yours, | W. Buckland.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Lewis, Richard Albert. 1952. Edwin Chadwick and the public health movement, 1832– 1854. London: Longmans, Green.
Summary
Will forward recommendation of Edward Cresy to Edwin Chadwick, but thinks there will be no further need of engineers.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1190
- From
- William Buckland
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Suffolk
- Source of text
- DAR 143: 4
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1190,” accessed on 11 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1190.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 4
