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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

    ALEXANDRE FLORIAN JOSEPH, COUNT COLONNA-WALEWSKI (1810-68)

    18 Feb 1854. Count Walewski to Lord Granville

    18 Feb 1854

    Loose manuscript papers | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1854/5

    Count Walewski to Lord Granville, conveying thanks of the French Government for the collection of Raw Produce specimens and applying for copies of the Catalogue of the Exhibition.

    • Creator(s)

      Alexandre Florian Joseph, Count Colonna-Walewski (1810-68) (writer)

      Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815-91) (addressee)

    • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      London [Greater London]
    • Language(s)
      French
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