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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

    H TRACY READ

    27 Oct 1853. H. Tracy Read to Captain H.C. Owen

    27 Oct 1853

    Loose manuscript papers | 3 documents (6 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1853/179

    H. Tracy Read to Captain H.C. Owen enclosing a copy of a letter from Edward Barnard, Colonial Agent, to the Colonial Office, and the Colonial Office's reply, regarding the disposal and sale of articles from New Zealand.

    • Creator(s)

      H Tracy Read (writer)

      Captain Owen (addressee)

      Edward Barnard (writer)

      Frederick Elliot (addressee)

    • 3 documents (6 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      Downing Street [London]
    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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