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Ref No	DM1306/7/15
Alt Ref No	BD1937
	BD1938
	BD1939
	BD1940
Title	Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Thomas Guppy
Description	Brunel hopes to be at Liverpool on Saturday morning 'and shall try hard to persuade you to cross again'. He mentions the smooth running of railway carriages, a 'false alarm' at the Hanwell embankment, and a railway crash involving a return engine and train, (the North Star) and some earth wagons, describing the slight damage to the engine. Addressed to: TR Guppy Esq, Kent St, Liverpool A full transcript of this letter can be found in Adrian Vaughan, 'The Intemperate Engineer', (Ian Allen Publishing, 2010), p.120. Vaughan comments that this letter refers to the half-yearly meeting of the Great Western Railway shareholders due to be held on 15 August 1838.
Date	31 July 1838
Format	Manuscript
Extent	1 item
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