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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

      JOHN DARLINGTON

      2 - 3 Mar 1853. John Darlington to Prince Albert

      2 Mar 1853

      Loose manuscript papers | 2 documents (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1853/19

      (19-19i) John Darlington, Secretary to the Bradford Chamber of Commerce, to Prince Albert transmitting a Memorial, 2 March, supporting the suggestion of the formation of a National Library and Museum of Inventions and Practical Art.

      • Creator(s)

        John Darlington (writer)

        Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61) (addressee)

      • 2 documents (4 pages) (whole object)

      • Place of Production
        The Bradford Chamber of Commerce, Bradford, York
      • Object type(s)
          • printed & manuscript material
            • documents
              • correspondence
        Language(s)
        English
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