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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL HUGH WILLIAM BARTON

8 Oct 1851. Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh William Barton to Matthew Digby Wyatt

8 Oct 1851

Loose manuscript papers | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1851/491

Lt. Colonel Hugh William Barton to M. Digby Wyatt requesting that his exhibit, a sketching compass and stand, be retained for the new museum.

  • Creator(s)

    Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh William Barton (writer)

    Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt (1820-77) (addressee)

  • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

  • Place of Production
    The Waterfront, Pettigo [Road], Enniskillen
  • Object type(s)
      • printed & manuscript material
        • documents
          • correspondence
    Language(s)
    English
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