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Prince Albert's Papers

Correspondence relating to the planning and organisation of the Great Exhibition

    24 Oct 1853. Minutes of Windsor Castle meeting

    24 Oct 1853

    Loose manuscript paper | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/12/21

    Minutes of a meeting at Windsor Castle between Prince Albert, Lord Granville, Mr Gladstone, Edgar Bowring and William Cubitt to discuss the Act of Parliament to allow for the compulsory purchase of land and the expediency of purchasing more land. Includes a discussion of Pennethorne's plan for the estate and the reasons why this was not suitable.

    • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

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