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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

    EDWARD STANLEY, 2ND BARON STANLEY OF ALDERLEY (1802-69)

    12 - 27 Feb 1850. Lord Eddisbury to Stafford Northcote

    12 - 27 Feb 1850

    Loose manuscript papers | 3 documents (12 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1850/15

    (15) Lord Eddisbury, Foreign Office, to Stafford Northcote transmitting copies of two despatches from HM Ministers at Berlin and Dresden concerning the publicising of the Exhibition. (15i) Copy of a letter from F. Forbes to Lord Palmerston, confirming receipt of information regarding the proposed Exhibition. (15ii) Copy of a letter from HM Minister at Berlin. Also enclosing copies of two depatches written in French, one from the Minister of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the other from the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Duke of Anhalt-Dessau & Köthen.

    • Creator(s)

      Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley (1802-69) (writer)

      Sir Stafford Northcote (1818-87) (addressee)

      F Forbes (writer)

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

    • 3 documents (12 pages) (whole object)

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