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Title:
Ms. letter 1802 Apr 19 [to] Brigadier General Bentham
Object name(s):
letter; letter
Brief description:
[Ms. letter] 1802 Apr 19 [to] Brigadier General Bentham, Plymouth Dock / Mc. Brunel. [2p. on 1 leaf, holograph signed. He will call on Mr Poole and ask him 'to delay the further progress of the patent'. He has 'not yet compleated the little Machine' for he has been making 'a small instrument to assist me in cutting the Screws'. Re Bentham's letter to the Admiralty Brunel adds 'I feel particularly gratefull for the favourable manner in which you express yourself respecting my Block Machines']
Collection:
Science Museum Group
Associated person:
Samuel Bentham
Person's association:
association details
Associated person:
Marc Isambard Brunel
Person's association:
association details
Credit line:
Board of Admiralty
Object name:
letter; letter
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1802
Date - latest:
1802
Object production date:
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1802
Date - latest:
1802
Object production person:
Brunel, Sir Marc Isambard
Other number:
1969-341
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
MS/1707
Other number type:
Adlib Reference number
Other number:
4
Other number type:
Making the Modern World Gallery Interpretation Number
Other number:
16/74/16
Other number type:
file number
Responsible department/section:
SCM - Archive

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6bceb45e-a4d6-39c3-b57f-4c3b74a8b6b0

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6bceb45e-a4d6-39c3-b57f-4c3b74a8b6b0, Science Museum Group, CC BY

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