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PIM, Bedford Clapperton Trevelyan (1826-1886). Naval officer & barrister. Letter Signed to W.H. Webb, President of the Central American Transit Company, 1 page 4to (tears in the folds), 4 Westminster Chambers, London, 22 June 1867. Soliciting the partnership of Webb in his scheme to build a canal through Mosquito and Nicaragua, for which he has received a concession from the Nicaraguan government. Presumably Webb turned down the offer. Pim was unable to secure the necessary funding for his project and his company was dissolved the following year. [No: 26357]
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