| Description | The document appears to be possibly a draft for the specification or contract for the construction of poop deck on the Great Eastern. The document sets out the total sum available and the basic terms as to the availability of the sum and the requirements for the work. There is also a general specification setting out the general dimensions and layout (which are determined by a drawing which was to be attached to the finished contract) and confirming that the payment for the work will be made at the same rates as other work on the ship. There are ink annotations, inclusions and alterations in a different hand across the document. The sheet is folded in half to make four pages, although only the first two pages have been written on. |