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Ref NoRC/H/1/20/6
Title12 May 1864 Edgar Bowring to Gen Grey
DescriptionLetter reporting the passing of the Bill to extend the Metropolitan Railway from Paddington to the South Kensington Museum, the defeat of the proposal to hold a Commission of Enquiry into the Patent Office and museum, the Government's plans for a museum of invention, rather than a patent museum, and a place to house the bones of the great whale recently purchased in Scotland.
Date12th May 1864
FormatManuscript

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CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/45Bowring; Edgar Alfred (1826-1911); Commission Secretary1826-1911
DS/UK/46Grey; Charles; General; Private Secretary to Prince Albert
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