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Ref No	DM1306/11/1/1/folio 304-305
Title	Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to John Yates, the secretary of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company
Description	Written from 18 Duke Street, London. The letter apologises for Brunel's inability to attend a board meeting, but sends Yates his report on the progress on the ship as well as two recommendations for payment to the contractors but explains that Brunel has not authorised, due to his dissatisfaction with their work, the full amount that he might have for Watt & Co who were building the screw engine. The letter also states that Brunel has arranged to have a periodic photographic record made of the ship and the state of the work for the Directors' information
Date	8 November 1854
Format	Manuscript volume
Extent	2 pages
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Access Conditions	This material is held at the Brunel Institute - please contact the Brunel Institute to arrange access.

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