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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

    WM FLADGATE

    19 Apr 1854. W.M. Fladgate to Edgar Bowring

    19 Apr 1854

    Loose manuscript papers | 2 documents (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1854/15

    (15) W.M. Fladgate to Edgar Bowring, regarding Mr. Hildyard's agreement to take £400 for the piece of land required for the road. (15i) Copy of a letter, 23 March 1854, from Fladgate, Clarke and Finch to John Hildyard.

    • Creator(s)

      WM Fladgate (writer)

      Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) (addressee)

      Fladgate, Clarke & Finch (writer)

      John Hildyard (addressee)

    • 2 documents (4 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      43 Craven Street [Strand]
    • Language(s)
      English
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