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Prince Albert's Papers

Correspondence relating to the planning and organisation of the Great Exhibition

    EDGAR ALFRED BOWRING (1826-1911)

    [?28] Jul 1864. Edgar Bowring to General Grey

    28 Jul 1864

    Loose manuscript papers; mounted | 1 document (12 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/20/31

    Letter expressing the need for patience over the South Kensington scheme, the situation regarding the Horticultural Gardens, the Railway Bill, the transfer of the 1862 Exhibition site, the Patent Museum Committee, the British Museum, the Museum of Mechanical Inventions, the National Portrait Gallery and the Food Museum.

    • Creator(s)

      Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) (writer)

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

    • 1 document (12 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      69 Westbourne Terrace
    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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