Letter from John Penn to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Eastern Steam Navigation Company Letterbook 5
Object numberDM1306/11/1/5/folio 218a
TitleLetter from John Penn to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Eastern Steam Navigation Company Letterbook 5
Creator John Penn (author)
DescriptionLetter from John Penn to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Eastern Steam Navigation Company Letterbook 5.
Written from Lewisham, South East London. John Penn expresses his pleasure at hearing from Mr McLennan, who is well installed [as engineer for the Eastern Steam Navigation Company's ship] and congratulates Brunel on his luck in being able to get hold of McLennan when he did.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the SS Great Eastern, Eastern Steam Navigation Company Letterbook 5. Letterbook for the Eastern Steam Navigation Company from July 1857 to Feburary 1858. Letters indexed by date, by addressee, and by sender. Also includes minutes of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company. 1 large quarto volume with spines lettered 'E.S.N. Compy Report Book 1857 V'.
Production date 1857-10-21 - 1857-10-21
Object nameletter
Object categorycorrespondence
Materialpaper
Techniquehand-written
Dimensions
- height: 320 mm
width: 220 mm
depth: 55 mm
Credit lineBy Courtesy of the Brunel Institute – a collaboration of the ss Great Britain Trust and the University of Bristol