political economist, traveller and writer (1792-1872). Autograph envelope (fragment) signed. London. Oblong 8vo. 1 page (5 lines).
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To the English scholar of Anglo-Saxon literature Benjamin Thorpe (1782-1870) at St. John's College, Oxford. - In 1835, Bowring entered Parliament, and in the following year he was appointed head of a government commission to be sent to France to inquire into the actual state of commerce between the two countries. - With traces of old mounting on the verso and slight brownstaining.