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Ref NoDM1306/11/1/5/folio 32
TitleLetter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to John Yates, secretary of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company
DescriptionWritten from 18 Duke Street, Westminster, London. The letter complains that Brunel hurried back from the Eastern Steam Navigation Company's works in order to meet Yates who never appeared and requests Yates call again the following morning. The letter also mentions that Mr Hepworth is anxious to get the timbers for the cradles and requests Yates expedite the order and also that Yates lets William Jacomb compare his copy of the specification for the timbers with the copy that Yates had from Brunel.
Date23 July 1857
FormatManuscript volume
Extent1 page
Access ConditionsThis material is held at the Brunel Institute - please contact the Brunel Institute to arrange access.
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