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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

      SIR WILLIAM MOLESWORTH

      7 Apr 1853. Sir William Molesworth to Edgar Bowring

      7 Apr 1853

      Loose manuscript papers | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1853/38

      Sir William Molesworth, Office of Works, to Edgar Bowring declining the offer of £500 for the restoration of the ground in Hyde Park.

      • Creator(s)

        Sir William Molesworth (writer)

        Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) (addressee)

      • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

      • Object type(s)
          • printed & manuscript material
            • documents
              • correspondence
        Language(s)
        English
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