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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

    GRANVILLE GEORGE LEVESON-GOWER, 2ND EARL GRANVILLE (1815-91)

    10 Sep 1853. Lord Granville to Edgar Bowring

    10 Sep 1853

    Loose manuscript papers | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1853/217vii

    Lord Granville to Edgar Bowring concerning the proposal of Philip Pusey to act as arbitrator with the Office of Works.

    • Creator(s)

      Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815-91) (writer)

      Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) (addressee)

    • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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