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Ref No	DM1306/11/1/1/folio 90-91
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 1 Royal Exchange Buildings, London. The letter answers Brunel's questions about the estimated weight of passengers, the rates that Peninsular & Oriental charge for excess luggage, the quantity of cargo that will be carried on each leg of the journey and the estimated income from the cargo. There is a pencil annotation at the head of the letter synopsising the contents.
Date	13 July 1852
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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