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Edgar Bowring's Papers

Papers of Edgar Alfred Bowring, Secretary to the Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.

      GENERAL SIR CHARLES GREY (1804-70)

      12 Oct 1858. General Grey to Edgar Bowring

      12 Oct 1858

      Loose manuscript paper | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/C/312

      Letter reporting that Prince Albert is pleased with the tenders for the outlying land and that the mortgage should preferably be on the outlying land and not on the main square.

      • Creator(s)

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

        Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) (addressee)

      • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

      • Place of Production
        Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
      • Object type(s)
          • printed & manuscript material
            • documents
              • correspondence
        Language(s)
        English
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