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RC - Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Archive
H - Collections on Permanent Loan
1 - Prince Albert's Archive
8 - Volume VIII : August 1851 - October 1851
Ref No
RC/H/1/8/37
Title
8 Sept 1851 Lyon Playfair to Col. Phipps
Description
Letter in which Playfair reports that [Alexis] Soyer and Jullien are entering into a contract with Messrs Fox and Henderson to build a gigantic Crystal Palace on Soyer's grounds using material from the Crystal Palace. Playfair points out that this forms part of the site in which Prince Albert is interested.
Date
8th September 1851
Format
Manuscript
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Dates
DS/UK/43
Phipps; Sir; Charles Beaumont (1801-1866); Knight, Lieutenant Colonel. official of Royal Household
1801-1866
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