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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

GHC EGESTORFF

11 Nov 1851. Petition of George H.C. Egestorff to the Commissioners

11 Nov 1851

Loose manuscript papers | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1851/716

Petition of George H.C. Egestorff to the Commissioners requesting a grant of £500 to enable him to publish a poem.
  • Creator(s)

    GHC Egestorff (writer)

  • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

  • Place of Production
    5 Belgrave Road [Pimlico, London]
  • Object type(s)
      • printed & manuscript material
        • documents
          • correspondence
    Language(s)
    English