| Description | "Circular to solicit on behalf of Sir John Rennie subscriptions to his work." (The letter is dated at 3 Trafalgar Square. Annexed is a prospectus of Rennie’s "Theory and Practice of Natural and Artificial Harbours." (Compare the prospectus issued by John Williams; see General Correspondence, 1839.) Filed under Jan. 1840; postmarked the 22nd. Redirected to Soho, marked "Pre Paid at Great Tew.") Printed prospectus of A Practical Treatise on Bridge-Building by Edward Cresy. |