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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

    SIR MATTHEW DIGBY WYATT (1820-77)

    1 May - 29 Apr 1850. Secretaries of the Newcastle-on-Tyne Local Committee to Matthew Digby Wyatt

    29 Apr - 1 May 1850

    Loose manuscript papers | 3 documents (6 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1850/131

    (131) Secretaries, Newcastle-on-Tyne Local Committee, to Matthew Digby Wyatt with regard to the Manufacturers' names being attached to all articles exhibited. (131i) Extract on the same subject from a letter from the Rotherham Committee, n.d. (131ii) Copy of letter from Birmingham Local Committee to Matthew Digby Wyatt, 1st May 1850, enclosing a Resolution passed by the Committee.

    • Creator(s)

      Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt (1820-77) (addressee)

    • 3 documents (6 pages) (whole object)

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