Certificate and Recommendation by several Peers and Members of
Parliament, to the Right Honourable the Lord Commissioners of the
Treasury, respecting Mr. MᶜAdam’s Claim for remuneration.
It appears to the undersigned, by the report of a Committee of the House
of Commons of last session, and by their own experience and observation,
that the system of road making, introduced by Mr. MᶜAdam, has already
been of great public benefit, as it facilitates the communications of
the country, and affords useful and universal employment to the
labouring class, with sufficient funds already provided.
The undersigned are of opinion, that as Mr. MᶜAdam obtained the
information necessary to perfect his system of road making, entirely at
his own expense, and with the labour of many years; and afterwards, by
his exertions and those of his family, reduced the system to actual
practice, and has now put the public in complete possession of his
plans, Mr. MᶜAdam has a claim on the country for remuneration.
They are further of opinion, that it will be a great means of
encouraging the general adoption of this improved system of road
management, if Government shall be pleased to bestow this mark of their
approbation on Mr. MᶜAdam.
Chichester, De Laware, Hardwicke, Macclesfield, Salisbury, Beaufort,
G. Clerk, Wm. Rea, Thomas G. Estcourt, Wm. Dickinson, N. Calvert, W.
H. Ashurst, J. Fane, J. N. Fazakerley, Carrington, G. Doveton,
Dacre, Daniel Giles, Wm. Lamb, George Shee, W. Freemantle, Warren
Bulkeley, Grenville, Folkestone, R. Spencer, R. M. Davis.