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    CHARLES WOOD, 1ST VISCOUNT HALIFAX (1800-85)

    Letter from Sir Charles Wood to Queen Victoria

    16 Nov 1850

    Loose manuscript paper; mounted | 1 document (13 pages) (whole object) | RA VIC/MAIN/C/61/26

    Letter from Sir Charles Wood to Queen Victoria explaining the reasons for the appointment of a new Auditor of the Civil List without submission to the Queen

    • Creator(s)

      Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800-85) (writer)

      Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (addressee)

    • 1 document (13 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      Downing Street [London]
    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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