Edward F. StarbuckN. 2. Walbrook LondonLocomotive Engines Railway Bars& Forged work generally& c.& c.Represent y Mess. Robt. Stephenson& Co.Newcastle upon TyneLondon, 26 March 1847.Dear Colleague;I am desired by our mutual FriendMr. Robert Stephenson to reply to your muchesteemed Letter of the 13 instant.The"preliminary Prospectus of the
"Grand Ship Canal through the Isthmus of"Suez"- dated September 1846, and publishedby Mr. David Bartie, appears to havebeen attended with no result whatever-nor has any Company been formed thereon.this Document or rather its Publicationis notMonsieurMons. L. NegrelliIngenieur en Chef de l'Etat"""à Vienne