Letter from John Yates, Secretary to the Eastern Steam Navigation Company, to Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Object numberDM1306/11/20/48/3
TitleLetter from John Yates, Secretary to the Eastern Steam Navigation Company, to Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Creator John Yates (author)
DescriptionWritten on paper headed from The Eastern Steam Navigation Company, 13 Gresham Street, London. The letter complains that there has not yet been any appearance of the railway bars that have been ordered and requests Brunel hurry up their delivery. Yates also explains that John Hepworth was unable to complete a piece of work which has meant that Yates cannot complete his part. The letter has been copied out in Brunel's volumes of Great Eastern correspondence as DM1306/11/1/5/folio 101
Production date 1857-08-26 - 1857-08-26
Object nameletter
Object categorycorrespondence
Materialpaper
Techniquehand-written
Dimensions
- height: 200 mm
width: 80 mm
Credit lineBy Courtesy of the Brunel Institute – a collaboration of the ss Great Britain Trust and the University of Bristol