| Ref No | RC/H/1/20/6 |
| Title | 12 May 1864 Edgar Bowring to Gen Grey |
| Description | Letter 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. |
| Date | 12th May 1864 |
| Format | Manuscript |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/45 | Bowring; Edgar Alfred (1826-1911); Commission Secretary | 1826-1911 |
| DS/UK/46 | Grey; Charles; General; Private Secretary to Prince Albert | |