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Prince Albert's Papers

Correspondence relating to the planning and organisation of the Great Exhibition

      Royal Commission: Prince Albert's correspondence; February - April 1851

      1 Feb 185130 Apr 1851

      1 volume (115 documents) (whole object) | RC/H/1/6

      • 1 volume (115 documents) (whole object)

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