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Edgar Bowring's Papers

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

    SIR CHARLES EDWARD TREVELYAN (1807-86)

    18 Nov 1853. Sir C. Trevelyan to Mr Gladstone

    18 Nov 1853

    Loose manuscript paper | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/B/144

    Copy of a letter from Sir C. Trevelyan pointing out the value of the site at Kensington for a barracks.

    • Creator(s)

      Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan (1807-86) (writer)

      William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98) (addressee)

    • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

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