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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEY

6 Aug 1851. Lord Stanley of Alderley to John Scott Russell

6 Aug 1851

Loose manuscript papers | 4 documents (8 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1851/404

(404) Lord Stanley of Alderley, Foreign Office, to John Scott Russell transmitting a copy of a despatch and two enclosures.
(404i) Despatch from A. Malet to Lord Palmerston enclosing a copy of a note regarding the nomination of D. de Volz, a Professor of Mechanics in the University of Tubingen, as an additional Commissioner.
(404ii) Note from A. Malet to Baron de Neurath acknowledging the news of the nomination of D. de Volz.
(404iii) Copy of a letter from Baron de Neurath to A. Malet informing him of D. de Volz's nomination. Written in French.

  • Creator(s)

    Lord Stanley of Alderley (writer)

    John Scott Russell (1808-82) (addressee)

    A Malet (writer)

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

    Baron de Neurath (addressee)

  • 4 documents (8 pages) (whole object)

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