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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

    MOLESWORTH, WILLIAM, SIR

    26 Feb 1853. William Molesworth to Lord Granville

    26 Feb 1853

    Loose manuscript papers | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1853/217iv

    William Molesworth, Office of Works, to Lord Granville giving the value of the drains which it would be expedient to retain for the use of Hyde Park.

    • Creator(s)

      Molesworth, William, Sir (writer)

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

    • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

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