Journals, 1841-1857.

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Journals, 1841-1857.

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Bowring's journals detail Parliamentary sessions with discussions of the business conducted and analyses of votes taken; his work with the Board of Trade, containing information on Lords Clarendon and Granville; cabinet and Privy Council meetings; the Anti-Corn Law League; the work of Prince Albert and the Royal Commission concerning the Exhibition of 1851; the Crimean War; the activities and letters of his family, especially his father, Sir John Bowring, governor of Hong Kong; China policy; articles he wrote anonymously defending the Royal Commission and his father's China policy; the Irish situation; daily weather observations; social and cultural events; and a yearly accounting of his personal expenses.

14 v.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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