| Ref No | DM1306/11/1/5/folio 83-84 |
| Title | Letter from John Yates, secretary of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company, to Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
| Description | Written from 13 Gresham Street, London. The letter copies out a resolution from a meeting of the Court of Directors announcing a special meeting of all the directors to discuss the company's dire financial situation and requesting Brunel draw up and submit to the committee of works before their next meeting an estimate of the potential liabilities to be incurred up to the launching of the vessel and in connection with getting the vessel ready for her trial voyage and also for the expenses likely to be incurred by the company up to the trial voyage. |
| Date | 19 August 1857 |
| Format | Manuscript volume |
| Extent | 2 pages |
| Access Conditions | This material is held at the Brunel Institute - please contact the Brunel Institute to arrange access. |