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1851 Exhibition Correspondence

Commissioner’s correspondence relating to the Great Exhibition of 1851

      SIR HENRY THOMAS DE LA BECHE (1796-1855)

      29 Apr 1853. Sir Henry de la Beche to Edgar Bowring

      29 Apr 1853

      Loose manuscript papers | 1 document (2 pages) (whole object) | RC/A/1853/66

      Sir Henry de la Beche to Edgar Bowring concerning maps and sections of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom for the New York Exhibition.

      • Creator(s)

        Sir Henry Thomas De La Beche (1796-1855) (writer)

        Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) (addressee)

      • 1 document (2 pages) (whole object)

      • Place of Production
        Museum of Practical Geology
      • Object type(s)
          • printed & manuscript material
            • documents
              • correspondence
        Language(s)
        English
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