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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

SIR MATTHEW DIGBY WYATT (1820-77)

23 Jul 1854. Matthew Digby Wyatt to Captain H.C. Owen

23 Jul 1854

Loose manuscript papers | 2 documents (6 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1854/45

(45 - 45i) Matthew Digby Wyatt, Crystal Palace (at Sydenham) to Captain H.C. Owen, enclosing a letter from Major Bell applying for the return of his articles exhibited at the 1851 Exhibition. (For related correspondence see RC/A/1854/49).

Related Material: For related material see RC/A/1854/49.

  • Creator(s)

    Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt (1820-77) (writer)

    Captain Owen (addressee)

    Major Bell (writer)

    Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt (1820-77) (addressee)

  • 2 documents (6 pages) (whole object)

  • Place of Production
    3 Belmont Terrace, Scarborough
  • Language(s)
    English