Item 2 - Letter from George Paul Atkinson to Richard Monckton Milnes

1 folded sheet.

Belks Buildings, Pontefract. - Would be grateful if Milnes will obtain permission for him and others to 'make use of the bed of Peat in the Pontefract Park Estate belonging to the Duchy of Lancaster - for the manufacture of the same into Carbon by two Patent Processes'. Mr Coleman and Mr Arundel have both written to the Duchy, and Mr Arundel heard last Friday that his letter had been sent to the Surveyor General. No reply has yet been received, and this delay prevents them forming a Company. Details of their intentions. Mr Longstaff and Mr Walker are also involved.