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The Great Exhibition of 1851: the British Nave dated 1851 by Joseph Nash

Great Exhibition of 1851

Prince Albert took a leading role in the organisation of the Exhibition

    PROFESSOR WALTER JOHNSON

    10 Oct 1850. American Central Committee to the secretary of the Royal Commission

    10 Oct 1850

    RC/H/1/5/46

    Copy of a letter from Professor Walter Johnson, Secretary of the American Central Commission, addressed to the secretary of the Royal Commission. Johnson details some of the challenges the Americans faced in trying to organise the various exhibits with no centralised government. As a result, Johnson requests an extension to the deadline for delivery for some of the American exhibits.

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