Fri 20 Dec 1793
Meeting at Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand, London
£20,000 needed to complete the unfinished works and to promote trade on the Thames and Severn Canal.
Opinion of the proprietors present holding a total of 459 shares is that it is necessary to raise a subscription of £15 per share and to furnish their quota if 2/3 of proprietors do the same. Answers to be sent to Mr Stevenson Esq, Queen Street Cheapside before Thursday 26th Instant.
