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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

JAMES DE CARLE SOWERBY (1787-1871)

16 Jul 1851. James de Carle Sowerby to Stafford Northcote and John Scott Russell

16 Jul 1851

Loose manuscript papers | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1851/386

James de Carle Sowerby, Royal Botanic Society of London, to Stafford Northcote and John Scott Russell inviting the Commissioners and others to the Society's gardens.

  • Creator(s)

    James De Carle Sowerby (1787-1871) (writer)

    Sir Stafford Northcote (1818-87) (addressee)

    John Scott Russell (1808-82) (addressee)

  • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

  • Place of Production
    Royal Botanic Society of London, Gardens Regent's Park
  • Object type(s)
      • printed & manuscript material
        • documents
          • correspondence
    Language(s)
    English
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