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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEY

29 Nov 1851. Lord Stanley of Alderley to Edgar Bowring

29 Nov 1851

Loose manuscript papers | 1 document (6 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1851/815

Lord Stanley of Alderley, Foreign Office, to Edgar Bowring transmitting a letter from the French Department of Finance granting free admission into France of glass negatives for taking photographic impressions.
  • Creator(s)

    Lord Stanley of Alderley (writer)

    Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) (addressee)

  • 1 document (6 pages) (whole object)

  • Place of Production
    Paris [Île-de-France]
  • Object type(s)
      • printed & manuscript material
        • documents
          • correspondence
    Language(s)
    English, French