An Original Handwritten Letter Signed by Thomas Brassey to Levi Leone. Dated 1875. A letter accepting a role on a committee. Thomas Brassey 1805-1870 was an English civil engineering contractor and manufacturer of building materials who was responsible for building much of the world's railways in the 19th century. Levi Leone, 1821-1888. English jurist and statistician. His chief work, History of British Commerce and of the Economic Progress of the British Nation, 1763-1870, is considered to be a partisan account of British economic development. Size is 185mm x 115mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases.