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All the Several Drains Are Executed Agreable to those Sections / That Marked A in the Great Common Sewer (signed by John Fulcher), All the Several Drains Cesspools Wells & Privys are Executed as they / Are Drawn On this Plan (signed by John Fulcher), Reference to the Plan / 1 All the work Under the Extra footing, tinted Red is Eight foot seven Inches / 2 All Ditto Blue is two feet Deep} that Ditto with Green is Six foot [torn] / 3 All Ditto Tinted Brown is one foot nine inches Deep / 4 That Tinted yellow is One foot Deep - Ditto Black is nine foot six in [torn] / 6 The Square pier hatched with Red is two foot six inches Deep / 7 That part hatched with Yellow is four feet three inches Deep to the [torn] / 8 That Do Yellow & Blue is seven feet one Inch Deep / 9 NB all the Spandles and the Bottom of the Well on the [torn] / are Solid from the Depth of Eight feet seven Inches, labelled, notes and dimensions given
Signed: John Fulcher (twice)
Dated: This pier was measd / Sepr 12th 1771 9' 6" high
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Medium and dimensions
Pen, light red, green earth, sepia, blue, raw umber and yellow ochre washes on laid paper, two sheets joined, recently lined and filled (730 x 885)
Hand
John Fulcher
Watermark
IHS IVilledary
Notes
This was measured, drawn and examined for the account by John Fulcher, who does not appear in Colvin. See also the note on Ickworth House.
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