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Prince Albert's Papers

Correspondence relating to the planning and organisation of the Great Exhibition

    SOCIETY OF ARTS

    [22 Oct 1860] Draft letter to 1851 Commissioners

    22 Oct 1860

    Loose typescript paper | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/16/34

    Copy of an ammended draft letter to the 1851 Commissioners, from the Society of Arts, requesting their assistance in organising the 1862 Exhibition.


    Originals: For original see VIC/MAIN/F/27/78 (Royal Archives).

    • Creator(s)

      Society of Arts (writer)

      Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 (addressee)

    • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

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