EDWARD VII

Sir Henry COLE (1808-1882, Civil Servant and Inventor) telling him that he has been “offered the Presidency of the English Section of the International Exhibition to be held in Paris in 1878 which it has given me great pleasure to accept. I write these lines to ask you whether you will consent to serve as one of the Commissioners. I propose appointing Mr Cunliffe-Owen as Secretary to the Commission - as he held that post under me in the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. Will you kindly give him leave of absence when the Commission begins sitting...”, 3 sides oblong 8vo., Sandringham, King’s Lynn headed paper, 13th November