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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

      COLONEL GEORGE HUGHES

      2 Mar 1853. George W. Hughes to Lord Granville

      2 Mar 1853

      Loose manuscript papers | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1853/18

      George W. Hughes to Lord Granville reporting his appointment as Special Commissioner to visit the principal governments of Europe on behalf of the New York Exhibition.

      • Creator(s)

        Colonel George Hughes (writer)

        Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815-91) (addressee)

      • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

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