File Boxes/ Box I/ Bundle 10/ No. 209(b). - W(illiam) C(rawshay), Jnr., Merthyr Tidvil, to William Crawshay, (I), his father, London, to explain fully his attitude to the Glamorganshire ...,

W(illiam) C(rawshay), Jnr., Merthyr Tidvil, to William Crawshay, (I), his father, London, to explain fully his attitude to the Glamorganshire Canal schemes; he believes alteration necessary, and his opposition is only to a counter-line across the land of one individual. The great possibilities of Cardiff as a coal port, if the canal were properly altered there to allow all vessels to be fully loaded at the wharves; the present congestion and muddle at Cardiff; the gain to Cyfarthfa if coal freights were reduced; his readiness to give up the recipient's proxy vote and sell his interest in the canal if the alterations are opposed. [A copy, inscribed on Letter 209a.].