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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

    EDWARD STANLEY, 2ND BARON STANLEY OF ALDERLEY (1802-69)

    22 Jun 1850. Lord Eddisbury to the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851

    22 Jun 1850

    Loose manuscript papers | 3 documents (8 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1850/186

    (186) Lord Eddisbury, Foreign Office, to the Royal Commission, transmitting copies of a note from the Austrian Chargé d'Affaires and an extract from a despatch from HM Minister at Dresden.
    (186i) Copy of a despatch from the Austrian Chargé d'Affaires to Lord Palmeston.
    (186ii) Extract of a despatch from HM Minister at Dresden, 17th June 1850.

    • Creator(s)

      Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley (1802-69) (writer)

      AB Koller (writer)

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

    • 3 documents (8 pages) (whole object)

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