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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

JOHN STURGE

27 - 28 Aug 1851. Messrs John and Edmund Sturge to Edgar Bowring

27 - 28 Aug 1851

Loose manuscript papers | 3 documents (10 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1851/442

(422) Messrs John and Edmund Sturge to Edgar Bowring regarding their exhibit of amorphous phosphorous and its treatment at the hands of Dr. Playfair and the jury. (442i) Note from Professor Schrötter of Vienna in support of Messrs Sturge. (442ii) Copy of a letter from Dr. Playfair to Mr Lucy, Mayor of Birmingham, 28 August, on the same subject.

  • Creator(s)

    John Sturge (writer)

    Edward Sturge (writer)

    Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) (addressee)

    Sir Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews (1818-98) (writer)

    Mr Lucy (active 1851) (addressee)

  • 3 documents (10 pages) (whole object)

  • Place of Production
    Birmingham [West Midlands]
  • Object type(s)
      • printed & manuscript material
        • documents
          • correspondence
    Language(s)
    English
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