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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

      JOSEPH THORNTON

      24 Jun 1853 Joseph L. Thornton to the Commissioners

      24 Jun 1853

      Loose manuscript papers | 1 document (2 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1853/105

      Joseph L. Thornton to the Commissioners applying for copies of the Jurors' Reports for the Literary and Mechanics' Institutes in the Northern Union. (Written on the back of a printed 'Address from the Committee of the Northern Union of Literacy and Mechanics' Institutes of Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland, and Westmoreland' by Joseph L. Thornton).

      • Creator(s)

        Joseph Thornton (writer)

        Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 (addressee)

      • 1 document (2 pages) (whole object)

      • Place of Production
        Gibson Street, Newcastle
      • Object type(s)
          • printed & manuscript material
            • documents
              • correspondence
        Language(s)
        English
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