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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

    LORD WODEHOUSE

    17 Apr - 4 May 1853. Lord Wodehouse to Edgar Bowring

    17 Apr 1853

    Loose manuscript papers | 3 documents (8 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1853/72

    (72-72ii) Lord Wodehouse, Foreign Office, to Edgar Bowring transmitting a despatch from HM Minister at Vienna regarding the Presentation set of volumes for the Austrian Government.

    • Creator(s)

      Lord Wodehouse (writer)

      Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) (addressee)

      Francis William Henry Fane, 12th Earl of Westmorland (1825-91) (writer) [17 April - 4 May 1853]

      George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800-70) (addressee)

      Count Buol (writer)

      Francis William Henry Fane, 12th Earl of Westmorland (1825-91) (addressee)

    • 3 documents (8 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      Vienna [Austria]
    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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