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Ref No	DM1306/11/1/1/folio 401-402
Title	Letter from John Yates, secretary of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company, to Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Description	Written from the Eastern Steam Navigation Company at 13 Gresham Street, London. The letter confirms that Brunel's letter from 1st January about altering the payment terms of the contract between the Eastern Steam Navigation Company and John Scott Russell has been received by the Company Directors and considered at a Directors' meeting. The letter copies a resolution passed by the Directors confirming their satisfaction with the alterations, as long as Russell puts in train arrangements for completing the ship that will satisfy Brunel, as engineer, and C. Freshfield, the company's solicitor.
Date	15 January 1855
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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