Map of a Nation (68 page)

73
children’s fantasy worlds
See Harty; and Coleridge, Hartley, 1986, p. 153.

74
dreaming o’er the map of things
Wordsworth, 1979, p. 168.

1
In September 1811
William Mudge to Thomas Colby, 2 September 1811, in Close, 1969, pp. 57–8.

2
I cannot tell whether they
William Mudge to Thomas Colby, 2 September 1811, in Close, 1969, pp. 57–8.

3
appear before them
William Mudge to Thomas Colby, 2 September 1811, in Close, 1969, pp. 57–8.

4
from his entrance into office
Flint, p. 155.

5
on all the essentials
William Mudge to Thomas Colby, 1 October 1811, in Close, 1969, p. 58.

6
did [his] best
William Mudge to Thomas Colby, 1 October 1811, in Close, 1969, p. 58.

7
would not take more
William Mudge to Thomas Colby, 1 October 1811, in Close, 1969, p. 58.

8
the Total expence
William Mudge to Thomas Colby, 1 October 1811, in Close, 1969, p. 58.

9
instantly they had these
William Mudge to Thomas Colby, 1 October 1811, in Close, 1969, p. 58.

10
£56,165 5s 7d
William Mudge to Thomas Colby, 1 October 1811, in Close, 1969, p. 59.

11
Everybody I have shown it to
William Mudge to Thomas Colby, 1 October 1811, in Close, 1969, p. 59.

12
I believe I have built
Cited in Flint, p. 144.

13
I am conscious that
William Mudge to Thomas Colby, 2 September 1811, in Close, 1969, pp. 57–8.

14
it is not my desire
William Mudge, 2 September 1816, in Close, 1969, p. 65.

15
I have shortly to look
Cited in Flint, p. 143.

16
strongly impressed
William Mudge to Thomas Colby, 1 October 1811, in Close, 1969, p. 59.

17
approved of and sell[ing] well
William Mudge to Thomas Colby, 1 October 1811, in Close, 1969, p. 59.

18
a depression that would stay
See Isaac Dalby to Thomas Colby, 5 February 1821, in Close, 1969, p. 42.

19
Back in 1809
Close, 1969, pp. 40, 53; Flint, p. 139.

20
a training academy at Addiscombe
Flint, pp. 140–1; Close, 1969, p. 41.

21
my labours are great
William Mudge, 1811, cited in Close, 1969, p. 41.

22
I have more business
William Mudge, 1811, cited in Close, 1969, p. 41.

23
Phipps had been an early member
See Allibone, pp. 1–40.

24
to withhold every map from the public
Henry Phipps to William Mudge, NA, Ordnance Survey Letter Book, OS 3/260, f. 131, 2 September 1811; cited in Close, 1969, p. 57.

25
in the spring of 1816
Chapman to Mudge, NA, OSLB, OS 3/260, f. 125, 17 April 1816.

26
that maps for correction
Flint, p. 143.

27
Ponder the contents
Cited in Portlock, pp. 38–9.

28
I believe that I have more
Cited in Close, 1932, p. 45.

29
ten days have elapsed
William Mudge to Thomas Colby, 27 July 1811, cited in Close, 1969, p. 57.

30
Thomas Mudge’s famous chronometers
Mudge, William, 1800, p. 666.

31
proceeded with little interruption
Mudge, William, 1804, p. 3.

32
In November 1800
McConnell, p. 115.

33
a very masterly and accurate
Mudge, William, 1803, p. 396.

34
would not have been superior
Mudge, William, 1803, p. 408.

35
advice and instruction
Mudge, William, 1803, p. 411.

36
the most extensive arc
Mudge, William, 1803, p. 384.

37
a baseline at Misterton Carr
Mudge and Colby, pp. v–vi, 82.

38
he had proudly shown it off
William Mudge to Joseph Banks, BL, Add. MS 33981, f. 12, 1 April 1802; William Mudge to Joseph Banks, BL, Add. MS 33981, f. 45, 26 August 1802.

39
any Topographical Material
William Mudge to Joseph Banks, BL, Add. MS 33981, f. 12, 1 April 1802.

40
shutters in the roof
Mudge, William, 1803, p. 413.

41
how thoroughly satisfied
William Mudge to Joseph Banks, BL, Add. MS 33981, f. 45, 26 August 1802.

42
the length of a degree on the meridian
Mudge, William, 1803, pp. 488–9.

43
of the Arc
William Mudge to Joseph Banks, BL, Add. MS 33981, f. 45, 26 August 1802.

44
had read them before the Royal Society
Mudge, William, 1803, p. 383.

45
On 4 June 1812
Rodriguez, p. 321.

46
Mudge was suggesting the opposite
Rodriguez, pp. 321–6.

47
a suspicion of some
Rodriguez, p. 327.

48
had not informed us
Rodriguez, p. 327.

49
published and explained
Rodriguez, p. 328.

50
extending the arc from its termination
Portlock, pp. 39–40.

51
it was no uncommon occurrence
Cited in Portlock, p. 137.

52
almost constantly covered The Times
, 10726, p. 2, 16 September 1819.

53
by the application of guy ropes
Cited in Portlock, p. 133.

54
resting places
Flint, p. 146.

55
At one camp
Portlock, p. 138.

56
on the mail coach
Portlock, pp. 132–3.

57
only a single day at Edinburgh
Portlock, p. 132.

58
neither rain nor snow
Portlock, pp. 132–3.

59
on a bundle of tent linings
Portlock, p. 133.

60
put up his camp bedstead
Portlock, p. 133.

61
a pocket compass and map
Portlock, p. 138.

62
several beautiful glens
Portlock, p. 139.

63
average thirty-nine miles
Portlock, p. 139.

64
a magnificent 586 miles
Portlock, p. 148.

65
our day of rest
Portlock, p. 142.

66
completely foiled
Portlock, pp. 144–5.

67
probably the only instance
Portlock, p. 144.

68
admiring for a while
Portlock, p. 145.

69
to our inn
Portlock, p. 145.

70
would break away
Portlock, p. 137.

71
Ramden’s great three-foot theodolite
Portlock, p. 135.

72
Garviemore Inn
Portlock, p. 139.

73
I really thought it was more
Portlock, pp. 139–40.

74
a rough boggy tract
Portlock, p. 140.

75
I had no alternative
Portlock, p. 140.

76
I kept pace with him
Portlock, p. 140.

77
carte blanc[h]e
Portlock, p. 153.

78
the chief dish
Portlock, pp. 153–4.

79
those quantities were all multiplied
Portlock, p. 154.

80
a long table
Portlock, p. 154.

81
partook of the pudding
Portlock, p. 154.

82
In the course of this Caledonian Mercury
, 14598, 6 July 1815.

83
the obvious utility Caledonian Mercury
, 14598, 6 July 1815.

84
This operation
Cited in Portlock, p. 69.

85
the more precious advantage
Cited in Portlock, p. 69.

86
it was natural to wish
Cited in Portlock, p. 71.

87
all the data required
Cited in Portlock, p. 70.

88
I am overwhelmed
William Mudge, cited in Flint, p. 148.

89
really I think hereafter
William Mudge to Thomas Colby, 22 September 1813, cited in Close, 1969, p. 60.

90
you are very much wanted
William Mudge to Thomas Colby, 22 September 1813, cited in Close, 1969, p. 60.

91
I beg you will immediately
William Mudge, 21 September 1815, cited in Close, 1969, p. 65.

92
these joint [Anglo-French] processes The Times
, 10157, 28 May 1817.

93
No man Could have been
Joseph Banks to Charles Blagden, RS, CB1/1, f. 148, 30 December 1817.

94
What may be in the womb
William Mudge, 6 May 1817, cited in Flint, p. 148.

95
I have been travelling
William Mudge, 20 May 1817, cited in Close, 1969, p. 67.

96
I am chained up here
William Mudge to Thomas Colby, 7 June 1817, cited in Close, 1969, p. 67.

97
a very able man
William Mudge to Thomas Colby, 7 June 1817, cited in Close, 1969, p. 67.

98
If I choose to sink
William Mudge, 6 May 1817, cited in Flint, p. 148.

99
If my observations were bad
Jean-Baptiste Biot, cited in Flint, p. 149.

100
The state of his health
Jean-Baptiste Biot to Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, PO, Ms 1056, p. 4, 4 July 1817. [
L’état de sa santé rendai impossible qu’il allai plus aran dans le nord
.]

101
very tall and personable
William Mudge to Richard Rosdew, 8 January 1805, cited in Flint, p. 133.