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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)

      3 Dec 1858. General Grey to Edgar Bowring

      3 Dec 1858

      Loose mansucript papers | 1 document (6 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/C/319

      Letter concerning tree planting and reporting that Prince Albert had hoped for a railway terminus near the Estate, part of which might have been let for a "leviathan hotel".

      • Creator(s)

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

        Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) (addressee)

      • 1 document (6 pages) (whole object)

      • Place of Production
        Windsor Castle
      • Object type(s)
          • printed & manuscript material
            • documents
              • correspondence
        Language(s)
        English
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