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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

      ARNOLD ADOLPH BENTINCK

      14 May 1853. Baron Bentinck to Edgar Bowring

      14 May 1853

      Loose manuscript papers | 1 document (2 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1853/80

      Baron Bentinck, Minister of the Netherlands, conveying his Government's thanks for a set of medals.

      • Creator(s)

        Arnold Adolph Bentinck (writer)

        Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) (addressee)

      • 1 document (2 pages) (whole object)

      • Place of Production
        Lowndes Square [Belgravia]
      • Object type(s)
          • printed & manuscript material
            • documents
              • correspondence
        Language(s)
        English
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