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Actions	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Title Letter Sir Charles Bright to W Walsh Company Secretary Reference UK0108 SC MSS 020/II/51 Date 1870-05-16 Scope and Content Written from St Thomas. Safe arrival of the Shannon, with some staff who will have to take lodgings at Kingston until their stations are ready. Dacia will not arrive until 23 or 24 May and his other visits to Porto Rico and San Domingo means he will not return to Kingston until 5 or 6 days after her arrival. Wants the paying out machinery fitted to the Suffolk as soon as possible, if there is anyone there who can do it, so that cable laying can proceed as soon as possible. Physical description Number of pieces: 1, Pages/folios: 2pp Language English. Subject Cable laying, Cable ships, Barbados Conditions governing access Open access Level of description file Hierarchy browser 110000003 Special Collection Manuscripts contains 321 parts UK0108 SC MSS 020 Papers of Sir Charles Tilston Bright contains 2 parts UK0108 SC MSS 020/II Correspondence and Reports relating to the West Indies and Panama Telegraph contains 94 parts UK0108 SC MSS 020/II/51 Letter Sir Charles Bright to W Walsh Company Secretary

Title
Letter Sir Charles Bright to W Walsh Company Secretary
Reference
UK0108 SC MSS 020/II/51
Date
1870-05-16
Scope and Content
Written from St Thomas. Safe arrival of the Shannon, with some staff who will have to take lodgings at Kingston until their stations are ready. Dacia will not arrive until 23 or 24 May and his other visits to Porto Rico and San Domingo means he will not return to Kingston until 5 or 6 days after her arrival. Wants the paying out machinery fitted to the Suffolk as soon as possible, if there is anyone there who can do it, so that cable laying can proceed as soon as possible.
Physical description
Number of pieces: 1, Pages/folios: 2pp
Language
English.
Subject
Cable laying, Cable ships, Barbados
Conditions governing access
Open access
Level of description
file

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