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Edgar Bowring's Papers

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

    CHARLES WENTWORTH DILKE

    21 Apr 1852. Wentworth Dilke to Colonel Grey

    21 Apr 1852

    Loose manuscript paper | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/B/27

    Letter in which Wentworth Dilke repeats a remark, made to him at the Crystal Palace, that the best site for the building would be on Lord Harrington's property at the back of Gore House and that knowing Prince Albert's ideas about the site he throught it right to tell him what he heard.

    • Creator(s)

      Charles Wentworth Dilke (writer)

      General Sir Charles Grey (1804-70) (addressee)

    • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      7h Sloane Street
    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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