Mr Whidbey, Woolwich, to Markham, on his high opinion of Mr Congreve’s abilities, but should leave shipbuilding alone, on Mr Jessops report on the repair of the pier at Lyme in Dorsetshire but it dries out; high opinion of Mr Rennie, but he is out of favour with the Prince of Wales’s people

10 August 1806, Mr Whidbey, Woolwich, to Markham, on his high opinion of Mr Congreve’s abilities, but should leave shipbuilding alone, on Mr Jessops report on the repair of the pier at Lyme in Dorsetshire but it dries out; high opinion of Mr Rennie, but he is out of favour with the Prince of Wales’s people

Record Details

Item reference: MRK/104/3/74
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1806
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London