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Ref No	DM162/10/2a/folio 167-172
Title	Letters to Peto, to WO Hunt, to RF Gower, and to R Varden
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.
Date	1847
Format	Manuscript
Extent	6 sheets
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