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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

    FRANCIS SMEDLEY

    13 Mar 1850. Francis Smedley to John Scott Russell and Stafford Northcote

    13 Mar 1850

    Loose manuscript papers | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1850/58

    Francis Smedley, Chairman, Westminster Committee, to John Scott Russell and Stafford Northcote stating the low level of subscriptions raised by the Westminster Committee, and enquiring whether it was the intention of the Commissioners to permit sales to go on in the Exhibition and whether manufacturers only would be permitted to exhibit.

    • Creator(s)

      Francis Smedley (writer)

      John Scott Russell (1808-82) (addressee)

      Sir Stafford Northcote (1818-87) (addressee)

    • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      Pall Mall East
    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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