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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)

    16 - 28 Mar 1850. Lord Eddisbury to Stafford Northcote

    16 - 28 Mar 1850

    Loose manuscript papers | 3 documents (6 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1850/84

    (84) Lord Eddisbury, Foreign Office, to Stafford Northcote, transmitting copies of despatches from HM Ministers at Berlin and Dresden with answers from the Prussian and Saxon Governments. [Despatch from Berlin missing]. (84i) Copy of a despatch from Francis R. Forbes to Lord Palmerston regarding copy of a note from Mr de Blust regarding communication relating to the Exhibition and various questions for the Commissioners. (84ii) Copy of a letter from Mr de Blust, to Francis R. Forbes in answer to information regarding the Exhibition. Written in French.

    • Creator(s)

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

      Sir Stafford Northcote (1818-87) (addressee)

      Francis Forbes (writer)

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

      Mr de Blust (active 1850) (writer)

      Francis Forbes (addressee)

    • 3 documents (6 pages) (whole object)

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