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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

SIR MATTHEW DIGBY WYATT (1820-77)

1 Nov - 9 Dec 1851. Messrs Aitken and Allen to the Commissioners

1 Nov - 9 Dec 1851

Loose manuscript papers | 3 documents (12 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1851/621

(621) Letter of 1 December 1851 from Aitken and Allen to Matthew Digby Wyatt. Including copy letter from Messrs Aitken and Allen to the Commissioners, regarding compensation for a broken glass mirror. (621i) Letter of 9 December 1851 from Messrs Belshaw to Captain H.C. Owen, on the same subject. (621ii) Messrs Aitken and Allen to the Commissioners applying for compensation for a broken glass mirror, 1 November 1851.

  • Creator(s)

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

    Captain Owen (addressee)

  • 3 documents (12 pages) (whole object)

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