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Prince Albert's Official Papers

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    GEORGE ARBUTHNOT

    Letter from George Arbuthnot to Colonel Charles Beaumont Phipps

    25 Feb 1857

    Loose manuscript paper; mounted | 1 document (5 pages) (whole object) | RA VIC/MAIN/C/61/163

    Letter from George Arbuthnot to Colonel Charles Beaumont Phipps on the excess in the Lord Chamberlain's department owing to furnishing the Royal Pavilion at Aldershot. Suggestion for the deficiency in all Household departments being borne by the Lord Chamberlain's Department in view of extraordinary causes of excess expenditure there.

    • Creator(s)

      George Arbuthnot (writer)

      Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-66) (addressee)

    • 1 document (5 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      Treasury
    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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