| Description | Written on headed paper from the Patent Wood or Fibrous Slab Company, Limited, 15 Wellington Street, North Strand, London. The letter undertakes, on behalf of the Directors of the Patent Wood or Fibrous Slab Company, to supply Brunel and the Eastern Steam Navigation Company with half inch slabs and details the number of each sized slab that have been requested. The letter also details the length of time until delivery and the price per foot that will be charged. The letter also offers, in the future, to supply larger slabs. The letter has been copied out as DM1306/11/1/5/folio 47 in Brunel's letter books of Great Eastern correspondence. |