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Edgar Bowring's Papers

Papers of Edgar Alfred Bowring, Secretary to the Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.

    GEORGE VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF CLARENDON (1800-70)

    14 Nov 1851. Lord Clarendon to Edgar Bowring

    14 Nov 1851

    Loose manuscript paper | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/B/18

    Letter in which Lord Clarendon proposes Royal Dublin Society, instead of Trinity College, as the recipients of the catalogues.

    • Creator(s)

      George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800-70) (writer)

      Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) (addressee)

    • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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