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Prince Albert's Papers

Correspondence relating to the planning and organisation of the Great Exhibition

    EDGAR ALFRED BOWRING (1826-1911)

    10 Jan 1862. Edgar Bowring to General Grey

    10 Jan 1862

    Loose manuscript paper; mounted | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/18/5

    Letter concerning expenditure on the Arcades and the difficulty of obtaining information from Cole.

    • Creator(s)

      Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) (writer)

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

    • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      Board of Trade, Whitehall
    • Language(s)
      English
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