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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

    EDWARD STANLEY, 2ND BARON STANLEY OF ALDERLEY (1802-69)

    4 - 19 Feb 1850. Lord Eddisbury to Stafford Northcote

    4 May - 19 Feb 1850

    Loose manuscript papers | 3 documents (10 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1850/8

    (8) Lord Eddisbury, Foreign Office, to Stafford Northcote, transmitting copies of a despatch and its enclosures from Henry Howard, HM Chargé d'Affaires at Lisbon. (8i) Copy of a despatch from Henry Howard reporting the steps he has taken in commuicating the information about proposed Exhibition. (8ii) Copy of the letter sent from Henry Howard to Count Tojal, Minister of Foreign Affairs at Lisbon, communicating information about the Commission and proposed Exhibition.

    • Creator(s)

      Edward Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley (1802-69) (writer)

      Sir Stafford Northcote (1818-87) (addressee)

      Henry Howard (writer)

      Count Tojal (addressee)

      Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865) (addressee)

    • 3 documents (10 pages) (whole object)

    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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