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Prince Albert's Papers

Correspondence relating to the planning and organisation of the Great Exhibition

      CHARLES HENRY GORDON-LENNOX, 6TH DUKE OF RICHMOND, 6TH DUKE OF LENNOX, 1ST DUKE OF GORDON (1818-1903)

      18 Dec 1849. Duke of Richmond to Lord John Russell

      18 Dec 1849

      Loose manuscript paper; mounted | 1 document (2 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/1/96

      Letter from the Duke of Richmond declining to sit on the Commission.

      • Creator(s)

        Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Gordon (1818-1903) (writer)

        John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878) (addressee)

      • 1 document (2 pages) (whole object)

      • Object type(s)
          • printed & manuscript material
            • documents
              • correspondence
        Language(s)
        English
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