| Description | Copy letter from General Grey to Peter Le Neve Foster informing him that Prince Albert has considered the proposal made by the Council of the Society of Arts to form a Guarantee Fund for the Exhibition of 1862. He confirms that Prince Albert pledges to help the Society in any way he can however that he would only give his name to such a scheme once a considerable amount of public support became apparent. Prince Albert promises to subscribe to the fund once £240,000 had been raised. |