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Prince Albert's Papers

Correspondence relating to the planning and organisation of the Great Exhibition

    SIR ROBERT PEEL (1788-1850)

    [Apr 1850] Sir Robert Peel to Lord Granville

    1 - 30 Apr 1850

    Loose manuscript paper; mounted | 1 document (12 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/3/51

    Sir Robert Peel to Lord Granville regarding the Munday contract and a possible compensation claim.

    • Creator(s)

      Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) (writer)

      Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815-91) (addressee)

    • 1 document (12 pages) (whole object)

    • Place of Production
      Whitehall [London]
    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • documents
            • correspondence
      Language(s)
      English
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