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SECTIONS TO CONNECT THE LANCASHIRE 
Mr. Emhleton to Mr. Wilson. 
22nd SejJtember, I84O. 
Dear Sir, 
I duly received your enclosures, and I have to-day heard from 
Mr. Gooch, he forwards a letter to the resident engineers, (Messrs. 
Burke, Scott, Young, and Dickinson), to allow the society to inspect 
the cuttings and take tracings of the plans. I have written to 
Messrs. Morton, Holt, Thorp, Hartop, H. Teal, J. G. Marshall, 
Briggs and Brackenridge, fixing 29th, Tuesday next, for the excursion, 
to meet at the Strafford Arms, "Wakefield, to breakfast at 7 a.m., 
business at 8. I have mentioned to Messrs. Holt and Morton that 
it would be advisable to lay our plans the evening before. 
Yesterday Mr. Holt and I had a very long day on the North 
Midland, we talk of finishing the inspection to Barnsley or beyond 
next Monday, so that we could easily reach Wakefield in the evening, 
and consider our arrangements for the next day. This we can settle 
definitely on Friday, Mr. H. Morton cannot give us any help with 
the sections, Mr Holt promised to find some one in Wakefield, which 
he has not done, so I must endeavour to engage a person here, I have 
also written to Mr. Burke, to request him to furnish tracings of the 
line. Could we invite him to our meeting on Friday ? 
Yours faithfully, 
Thos. W. Embleton. 
The letter following bears same date as the above, and must 
have crossed, it is dated from the meeting of the British Association, 
at Glasgow, 22nd September, 1840. 
3Ir. Wilson to Mr. Emhleton. 
My Dear Sir, 
I have invited Mr, James G. Marshall and Mr. West to join the 
Railway excursion, and should be obliged if you would send them 
notice of the arrangements. The latter I had named it to long ago, 
and before I knew that the number would be so limited, and I thought 
it would not be safe therefore to omit him. I have neglected to see 
Mr. Perring about a reporter, and should be greatly obliged if you 
would do so when you happen to be in Leeds. 
The meeting here appears to be very fully attended, and few of 
