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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

HM ADDINGTON

21 Jan 1851. H.M. Addington to Stafford Northcote

21 Jan 1851

Loose manuscript papers | 5 documents (14 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1851/3

(3) H.M. Addington, Foreign Office, to Stafford Northcote, transmitting copies of a despatch from Sir Edward Baynes, HM Consul General at Tunis, and a letter from the Tunis Commissioner for the Exhibition with a list of articles to be exhibited. (3i) Copy of a letter from Edward Baynes to Lord Palmerston, regarding a letter of enquiry from Major General Mahmoud Benayad, the Turkish Commissioner. (3ii) Copy of a letter from Major General Mahmoud Benayad to the Commissioners. (3iii) Letter in Arabic. (3iv) Printed list of articles to be exhibited.

  • Creator(s)

    HM Addington (writer)

    Sir Stafford Northcote (1818-87) (addressee)

    Edward Baynes (writer)

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

    Major General Mahmoud Benayad (writer)

  • 5 documents (14 pages) (whole object)

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