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Prince Albert's Papers

Correspondence relating to the planning and organisation of the Great Exhibition

    VICTORIA, QUEEN

    18 Nov 1851. Queen Victoria to Emperor of Austria

    18 Nov 1851

    Loose typescript paper | 1 document (2 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/9/28

    • Creator(s)

      Victoria, Queen (writer)

      Franz Josef I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1830-1916) (addressee)

    • 1 document (2 pages) (whole object)

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