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Field name	Value
Title	[Letters relating to the planning of the Great Exhibition]
Date	16 May - 24 Dec 1850
Document Type	Correspondence; Map
Description	The letters cover subjects including traffic problems, the proposed site map, policing, and a dispute with the glazers who were building the Crystal Palace.
Visual Content	There is a color illustration showing the ground plan for Hyde Park during the exhibition. View thumbnails
Fair	1851 Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, London
Keywords	publicity, social class, admission, emergency services, fair facilities, fair organization, finance, construction, labor, crime
Names	Grey, Sir George; Reid, Col. William; Fox, Charles Biographies
Countries	United Kingdom
Places	London
Attractions	Crystal Palace (London)
Archive	The National Archives, UK
Collection	Home Office: Registered Papers
Archive Reference	HO 45/3051
Copyright	Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK