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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

SIR HENRY BISHOP (1786-1855)

29 Nov 1851. Sir Henry Bishop to Edgar Bowring

29 Nov 1851

Loose manuscript papers | 1 document (8 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1851/814

Sir Henry Bishop to Edgar Bowring in support of his previous request for compensation.
  • Creator(s)

    Sir Henry Bishop (1786-1855) (writer)

    Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) (addressee)

  • 1 document (8 pages) (whole object)

  • Place of Production
    13 Cambridge Street, Hyde Park
  • Object type(s)
      • printed & manuscript material
        • documents
          • correspondence
    Language(s)
    English