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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

JOHN SHEPHERD

20 Nov 1851. John Shepherd to Lord Granville

20 Nov 1851

Loose manuscript papers | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1851/780

John Shepherd, Chairman of the East India Company, to Lord Granville giving his opinion on the desirability of the investment of the surplus money in the purchase of land.

  • Creator(s)

    John Shepherd (writer)

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

  • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

  • Place of Production
    East India House, London
  • Object type(s)
      • printed & manuscript material
        • documents
          • correspondence
    Language(s)
    English
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