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Prince Albert's Papers

Correspondence relating to the planning and organisation of the Great Exhibition

    EDGAR ALFRED BOWRING (1826-1911)

    13 Jan 1853. Edgar Bowring to Colonel Phipps

    13 Jan 1853

    Loose manuscript paper; mounted | 1 document (10 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/11/17

    Letter concerning land purchase and the Government money for purchasing the Baron Villars estate, the accounts of Fox and Henderson and the wish to mark the site of the Great Exhibition with an obelisk.

    • Creator(s)

      Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) (writer)

      Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-66) (addressee)

    • 1 document (10 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      Whitehall [London]
    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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