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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

      SIR HENRY ELLIS (1777-1869)

      12 Apr 1853. Sir Henry Ellis to Edgar Bowring

      12 Apr 1853

      Loose manuscript papers | 1 document (2 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1853/46

      Sir Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian, British Museum to Edgar Bowring thanking the Commissioners on behalf of the Trustees for a present of volumes and medals.

      • Creator(s)

        Sir Henry Ellis (1777-1869) (writer) [12 April 1853]

      • 1 document (2 pages) (whole object)

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