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Prince Albert's Papers

Correspondence relating to the planning and organisation of the Great Exhibition

      GRANVILLE GEORGE LEVESON-GOWER, 2ND EARL GRANVILLE (1815-91)

      6 Aug 1851. Lord Granville to Colonel Phipps

      6 Aug 1851

      Loose typescript paper | 1 document (6 pages) (whole object) | RC/H/1/8/7

      Copy of a letter from Lord Granville describing the Commissioners' visit to Paris, France. Including details of the Fête of Versailles.

      Originals: For original see VIC/MAIN/F/24/165 (Royal Archives).

      • Creator(s)

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

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

      • 1 document (6 pages) (whole object)

      • Place of Production
        Paris [Île-de-France]
      • Object type(s)
          • printed & manuscript material
            • documents
              • correspondence
        Language(s)
        English
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