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Prince Albert's Official Papers

Papers relating to Prince Albert’s contribution to matters of state

    PRINCE ALBERT, PRINCE CONSORT (1819-61)

    Copy letter from Prince Albert to Lord John Russell

    3 Sep 1850

    Loose manuscript paper; mounted | 1 document (1 page) (whole object) | RA VIC/MAIN/C/61/23

    Copy letter from Prince Albert to Lord John Russell regarding Lord Monteagle's plan to submit an account to Parliament that is 'unobjectionable'. Prince Albert expresses his doubt and asks that the accounts for the past years and Treasury minute of 1842 be forwarded to him.

    • Creator(s)

      Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61) (writer)

      John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878) (addressee)

    • 1 document (1 page) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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