| Description | Written from 23 Water Street, Liverpool. The letter explains that Nicholson has had no communication regarding the Engineership of the Great Eastern since he received Mr Bett's letter asking what Nicholson's views of the salary were although he has written several times and he now assumes that an appointment has been made. Nicholson also reminds Brunel that when he visited London back in January 1856, he was told that his expenses would be refunded, requests Brunel's help in getting those expenses paid to him and suggests that the raising of his hopes as to his prospects was not entirely Nicholson's fault. |