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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

HM ADDINGTON

1 Sep 1851. H.M. Addington to John Scott Russell

1 Sep 1851

Loose manuscript papers | 2 documents (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1851/446

(446) H.M. Addington, Foreign Office, to John Scott Russell transmitting a copy of a despatch from HM Minister at Stockholm. (446i) Copy of a despatch stating that the Swedish Government had placed a steam vessel at the disposal of contributors to the Exhibition.

  • Creator(s)

    HM Addington (writer)

    John Scott Russell (1808-82) (addressee)

    Edward Lyons (writer)

    Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865) (addressee)

  • 2 documents (4 pages) (whole object)

  • Object type(s)
      • printed & manuscript material
        • documents
          • correspondence
    Language(s)
    English
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