Sun 14 Apr 1816
From John R Denyer
To J Lane
Goldsmith’s Hall, London
Details of Oxford Canal Co. obtaining & selling very worst Forest Coal at low price to persuade people though cheap not worth anything, not the only fabrication that has emanated from the same source. Benefit of having a public wharf at Oxford where for a moderate charge dealers might carry on Business, as at Cirencester. Possible routes by which the Forest Coal was conveyed to Oxford. In fact there appeared to be an anxious desire to procure Forest Coal even by the heads of Colleges as well as the Citizens such that very considerable trade might be possible at Oxford & other places on the River Thames.
