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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

    MESSRS SPICER AND CLOWES

    12 Dec 1850. Contract between the Commissioners and Messrs. Spicer and Clowes

    12 Dec 1850

    Loose manuscript papers | 3 documents (14 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1850/246

    (246) Contract between the Commissioners and Messrs Spicer and Clowes granting Spicer and Clowes the exclusive right of printing, publishing and selling Exhibition Catalogues. (246i-ii) Two specimens of paper with signatures.

    • Creator(s)

      Messrs Spicer and Clowes (writer)

    • 3 documents (14 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      Treasury, Whitehall
    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • legal documents
      Language(s)
      English
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