| Description | Written on headed paper from Patent Wood or Fibrous Slab Company Limited, 15 Wellington Street, North Strand, London, W.C. The letter promises that Claxton will call in at Duke Street to see Brunel but that in the meantime confirms that the fibrous slabs are ready and waiting orders. The letter suggests that it might be more convenient to cut the slabs to the exact size required at the Great Eastern's shipyard and gives details of the full size of the slabs. The letter also mentions that William Jacomb told Claxton that only one side of the slabs would need to be painted and gives the cost of having this done. Claxton tells Brunel that he is travelling to Staines with P. Miles, who is shortly leaving England for a few months, and that Claxton will then travel on to Bristol. |