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    SIR CHARLES BEAUMONT PHIPPS (1801-66)

    Copy letter from Colonel Charles Beaumont Phipps to George Arbuthnot

    9 Aug 1855

    Loose manuscript paper; mounted | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RA VIC/MAIN/C/61/125

    Copy letter from Colonel Charles Beaumont Phipps to George Arbuthnot on the expense of furnishing the new wing at Buckingham Palace and his method of meeting the excess in the Lord Steward's Department, due to visit of Emperor and Empress of the French.

    • Creator(s)

      Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-66) (writer)

      George Arbuthnot (addressee)

    • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      Osborne House
    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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