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Ref No	DM1306/11/1/1/folio 382-388
Title	Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to John Scott Russell
Description	Written from 18 Duke Street, London. The letter sets out some alternative payment arrangements between the Eastern Steam Navigation Company and John Scott Russell. The letter assumes the quantities of iron remaining to be fixed on the ship's hull, the amount of work to be done fixing and riveting the plates, the cost of the completion and launching of the ship and divides the quantity of remaining ironwork and fixing into ten sets of work and sets out how Brunel intends to suggest to the Directors of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company how each portion of the work should be paid and when the final installment should be due. The letter also comments on the stage at which the payments for the construction of the engines will be made.
Date	1 January 1855
Format	Manuscript volume
Extent	7 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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