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Prince Albert's Papers

Correspondence relating to the planning and organisation of the Great Exhibition

    GENERAL SIR CHARLES GREY (1804-70)

    17 Dec 1858. General Grey to Charles Wentworth Dilke

    17 Dec 1858

    Loose typescript papers | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/14/91

    Copy of a letter expressing Prince Albert's view that the Society of Arts should reach their own decision about the location of the 1861 Exhibition without the influence of the 1851 Commissioners.

    Originals: For original see VIC/MAIN/F/27/6 (Royal Archives).

    • Creator(s)

      General Sir Charles Grey (1804-70) (writer)

      Charles Wentworth Dilke (addressee)

    • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      Osborne House
    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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