Letter from John Hennon Hackworth, Bognor, Sussex to Robert Young

Do not bother to return papers he sent; story re Uncle John [John Wesley Hackworth]’s valve gear, William Joy's use of John Wesley Hackworth's patent; recounts an accident involving machinery encountered by him and John Wesley Hackworth, John Wesley Hackworth failed business in Egypt; has found a letter written by his father Thomas Hackworth that names the man who made patterns for the Royal George.