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Prince Albert's Papers

Correspondence relating to the planning and organisation of the Great Exhibition

    EDGAR ALFRED BOWRING (1826-1911)

    1 Jan 1863. Memorandum on raising funds for completion of the Commissioners' Arcades and on the fate of the Exhibition Buildings

    1 Jan 1863

    Loose printed papers | 1 document (20 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/19/17

    "Memorandum on the means of raising the funds necessary for the satisfactory completion of the Commissioners' Arcades surrounding the Horticultural Gardens; and on the fate of the Exhibition buildings". Includes details of the value of land, the cost of the Exhibition building and the history of the financial difficulties, plus annotations.

    • Creator(s)

      Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) (writer)

    • 1 document (20 pages) (whole object)

    • Language(s)
      English
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