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Prince Albert's Papers

Correspondence relating to the planning and organisation of the Great Exhibition

      SIR WILLIAM REID (1791-1858)

      5 Aug 1851. Colonel Reid to Colonel Phipps

      5 Aug 1851

      Loose manuscript paper; mounted | 1 document (4 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/8/2

      Letter concerning the price of admission and the prize giving ceremony.

      • Creator(s)

        Sir William Reid (1791-1858) (writer)

        Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-66) (addressee)

      • 1 document (4 pages) (whole object)

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