| Title: | Copy Letter In Scribal Hand F, William Wheeler To ? |
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| Dating: | 2 January 1640 |
| Ref: | 34/3/1A-2B |
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Most Noble Sir
I should long agoe have written to you & have thanked you for your many favours bestowed vpon mee here & in particular of your procuring mee a patent in England for the which at this present I have noe other way then in words to expresse my thankefullnes & infinite obligation vnto you
My busines here goeth very well, I have now finished one peece which delivereth 50 tonne with the helpe of one man onely the tryall hath beene made at Amsterdam it will fit with most of the Levels of the [word deleted] Countrey & deliver it 3 foote high, Allsoe I have allmost made one for deeper places as ponds & meares which will deliver 1000 tonne & over 6 foote high goeing with one horse, it will bee ready within 14 dayes. I have veiwed the <H.: Horster> meare the thing which they have all forsaken[altered] & can find noebody to accomplish it, but I find it soe easye that without any difficulty I dare vndertake it & with lesse trouble, then any such like place draine it, For the mills which by others have beene set there to little or noe vse I can make with some alteracion serviceable for my purpose & theire bankes being allready fitted will have a greate deale of Chardges & labour.
All the mills that are here placed vp & downe the Country to draw out water I can with small alteracion & little Cost make them deliver 3 tymes more & 3 tymes faster as high, & free the water which the mill casteth or draweth out from the old water which remaineth, which theires doe not but still a part returneth backe which my way shall not doe I am now at the Hauge & expect my engines here & am to show them to the States which being done I shall have my Octr<o>y confirmed. There is one [p Pamer?] & divers more which would asist
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mee & joyne in a part with mee, but I refuse all & intend to doe nothing without your Counsell & direction, but if you should within a short time come into these parts It were necessary I had one to Countenance the busines, being willing to have but the halfe & that you & whom you should bee pleased to appoynt might have the other, The Mattere is
There is allsoe a busines of greate consequence in England & I am enformed by the Earle of Malborrow, That the King gave a greate fen neere Porte [left margin, H.: or Poole] in Dorsetshire which if I could but see a Card of the Situation & the particulars thereof I should then know if my engines would serve for it, which if they would it would bee to the advantage & service of the Prince Elector & noe losses to vs, besides there are that would venter summes of money in that busines. Mr Endimion Porter & as I am enformed can satisfy yow of this particular sayd fen & as it is now hath noe profitt by it which
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might bee brought to a greate benefite if being very large the quantity of 20000 Acres as I am enformed. If you should not come suddainely over I would desire you to give order heere that I might have 30lb. sterling I expect some money out of England, but because I would not bee put to a straite to agree with any body without your advise I desire for a certainty. Not doubting but that all will goe well & to our full content & therefore I humbly be
remaine
[H.: 2 Ian. 1640. your Worships Most humble &
Hage] obliged Servant
Hage] obliged Servant
William Wheeler
I perceive (since the writing of my Letter) by Mr Bollin that you desire to know the particulars of such businesses & I can doe that accordingly you may bee pleas'd to get the Octroy for mee in England as you shall thinke best
For all manner of conveying <H.: of Waters> higher or Lower more or lesser quantity I have written at large in my letter
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To bore Timber with a wodden Ager faster righter <left margin, H: ter> & better Cheape & make the bore bigger fitt for conveying of waters vnder ground at a greate distance & to lay them soe that the pipes of wood shall last so twice or thrice as long as the ordinary way now vsed
To make a Carryadge for greate ordinance or small whereupon shall ly 12 or more peeces which shall bee able to keepe any passadge or stand instead of a Fort, & Chardge & dischardge with lesse helpe & faster then if[altered from of] the peeces lay vpon severall Carriadges & the men that Chardge shall bee free from the enemyes shott & shall bee able with little [H.: motion] to shoot vpon any lyne whatsoever.
To convey boates over a deepe running river though never soe swift, at a considerable distance; & passe over without Oares or Sayle, & very little noyse to any place one the other side right over & there to fasten piles in the Ground without any thing to strike or make a noyse.
Likewise to make an wall with rubbish pibbles & such like small chardges which shall bee handsome & more durable then a wall of Twice the Chardges.
For removing of greate waights with lesse labour then any that I have seene
As for the Cutting of Iron & many other secrets which may bee servicable for the Kingdome I am silent & shall ever bee they being onely things to bee knowne in private And for the other things above mentioned I referre them to your selfe to doe therein as you shall find best./.