| Description | Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to SM Peto concerning the West Cornwall Railway: possible extension of the contract to include the line from Truro to Penzance, finance, 22 March 1847;
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to WO Hunt concerning interest on a loan to Hunt, 25 March 1847;
Note that a return of £25,000 has been made to the Income Tax Commissioners, July 1847;
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to RF Gower concerning the South Wales Railway: misunderstanding between Messrs Gower, withdrawal from business between Gower and South Wales Railway, 24 September 1847;
Letter from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to R Varden concerning the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway: lack of funds, necessity for delay in construction, request for report, contractors and contracts, Dudley tunnel, land purchase, reduction in Company expenditure, 2 October 1847. |