| Collection | Privy Purse Papers |
| Reference | PPTO/PP/QV/ADDX/D/27 |
| Record Type | Correspondence |
| Title | Letter from Edgar Bowring to Colonel Phipps |
| Date | 19 May 1856 |
| Writer | Bowring, Edgar |
| Addressee | Phipps, Charles Beaumont, Colonel |
| Description | Letter from Edgar Bowring to Colonel Phipps on Professor Woodcraft's suggestion that the Commission should buy the original engine of the 'Comet' as 'the father of steamboats'. Bowring writes that it has raised the wider question of the property of the Commission itself making purchases for the different collections housed at Kensington Gore. |
| Place Of Writing | Whitehall |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 1 document (6 pages) |
| Physical Description | Loose manuscript papers |
| Access Conditions | Available in surrogate form only |
| URL | https://albert.rct.uk |
| Level | Item |