Prince Albert's Papers
Correspondence relating to the planning and organisation of the Great Exhibition
EDGAR ALFRED BOWRING (1826-1911)
12 May 1864. Edgar Bowring to General Grey
12 May 1864Loose manuscript papers; mounted | 1 document (8 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/20/6
Letter reporting the passing of the Bill to extend the Metropolitan Railway from Paddington to the South Kensington Museum, the defeat of the proposal to hold a Commission of Enquiry into the Patent Office and museum, the Government's plans for a museum of invention, rather than a patent museum, and a place to house the bones of the great whale recently purchased in Scotland.
Creator(s)
Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) (writer)
General Sir Charles Grey (1804-70) (addressee)
1 document (8 pages) (whole object)
Object type(s)
- printed & manuscript material
- documents
- correspondence
- documents
- printed & manuscript material
