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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEY

2 Apr 1851. Lord Stanley of Alderley to Stafford Northcote

2 Apr 1851

Loose manuscript papers | 2 documents (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1851/156

(156) Lord Stanley of Alderley, Foreign Office, to Stafford Northcote transmitting a copy of a despatch from HM Minister at Madrid. (156i) Copy of a despatch from HM Minister at Madrid, enclosing copies of the Madrid Gazette. [No enclosure].

  • Creator(s)

    Lord Stanley of Alderley (writer)

    Sir Stafford Northcote (1818-87) (addressee)

    Howden (writer)

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

  • 2 documents (4 pages) (whole object)

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