Manuscript testimonial letter, signed by Sir Charles Fox and John Henderson of Fox Henderson and Company, dated 27 Jun 1855.
Letter outlines John Cochrane's work for them to date and makes reference to being offered an appointment 'superintending a civil staff for engineering works in the Crimea'.
Cochrane may not have taken this up, however.
From a collection of papers relating to the career of John Cochrane, engineer, with particular reference to his advisory role to the Crimean railway for the Board of Ordnance and consultation on the possible use of a submarine vehicle there devised by a Frenchman, E Lamiral and partner, 1854-1855.
Associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856).