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DM1306 - Brunel Collection
11 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the SS Great Eastern
Ref No
DM1306/11/12
Title
Bills and accounts
Description
DM1306/11/12/1 Manuscript drafts and copies of letters authorising payment to John Scott Russell for work on the paddle engines and the main ship. (24 items)
DM1306/11/12/2 Manuscript copies of statements authorising payment to James Watt and Co, who supplied the screw engines. Rough note in Isambard Kingdom Brunel's hand pinned to one. (5 items)
DM1306/11/12/3 A group of bills including one from the Electric and International Telegraph Company for 'one large electric alarum', 1 March 1858. (4 items)
DM1306/11/12/4 'Accounts for Mr Brunel's signature', March 1857. (1 item)
DM1306/11/12/5 'Remarks in examining the accounts of the ESN [Eastern Steam Navigation] Company'. Copy with pencilled remarks by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. (1 item)
DM1306/11/12/6 A group of miscellaneous items comprising 14 pages of accounts, July-December 1856; a rough sheet in Isambard Kingdom Brunel's hand with pencilled figures; and a receipt and covering note from Braidwood. (4 items)
Date
1854-1858
Format
Manuscript
Extent
35 items
Access Conditions
This material is held at the Brunel Institute - please contact the Brunel Institute to arrange access.
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