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040-001607444 Collection Area Western Manuscripts

1. Loan 96 RLF 5/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/1
Title:
Literary Fund Corporation Documents (1790-1844)
Scope & Content:
Box containing documents relating to the establishment and administration of the Literary Fund. Contains the following folders, arranged principally by the chronology of the earliest document they include. - Papers and letters relating to the Formation of the Society - Letters respecting Theat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1790-1879
Extent:
1 box (17 folders)

2. Loan 96 RLF 5/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/1/11
Title:
Proposed Grant of Pensions
Scope & Content:
Contains a single sub-committee report related to the granting of pensions to the widows of deceased authors, with a note by Octavian Blewitt stating that no record of this being taken forward can be found in the minutes of the General Committee of the Literary Fund.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1825
Extent:

1 file (1 document)

3. Loan 96 RLF 5/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/1/12
Title:
Communications from other Institutions
Scope & Content:
Contains a letter from William Tooke to John Bowyer Nichols with a copy of a petition presented to George IV on behalf of the Royal Society of Literature soliciting a charter of incorporation.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1825
Extent:
1 file (2 documents)

4. Loan 96 RLF 5/1/15

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/1/15
Title:
Adoption of Forms of Application
Scope & Content:
Contains a letter from John Bruce to Octavian Blewitt on changes made to the proposed Form of Application for the Literary Fund, and a printed copy of the form.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 May 1841
Extent:
1 file (2 documents)

5. Loan 96 RLF 5/1/17

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/1/17
Title:
Envelope of miscellaneous early documents
Scope & Content:
Contains a letter on Literary Fund donations from Edmund Baker to Richard Yates (8 Aug 1805) with an 'Alphabetical List of persons relieved by the Literary Fund', as well as one letter to Yates from Robert Gray (17 Apr 1823) and three from Francis Dawes Danvers (11 Oct 1823; 11 Oct 1824; 13 Apr 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1805-13 Apr 1825
Extent:
1 folder (6 documents)

6. Loan 96 RLF 5/1/13

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/1/13
Title:
Correspondence with the Charity Commissioners
Scope & Content:
Contains a letter from the Clerk to the Charity Commisioners to the Secretary of the Literary Fund (13 May 1836), a response from Cusack Patrick Roney (23 May 1836), a copy of Octavian Blewitt's response to a Charity Commission enquiry (24 Mar 1869) and a further note to Blewitt (6 Dec 1872).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1836-6 Dec 1872
Extent:
1 file (4 documents)

7. Loan 96 RLF 5/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/1/2
Title:
Letters respecting Theatrical Performances & Concerts in behalf of the Society
Scope & Content:
Folder containing enquiries about benefit performances for the Literary Fund. Includes an enquiry from and response to [?] Furs (1792), a letter from David Williams objecting to a concert proposed by Mr Busby (5 Jun 1800), an invitation to an unidentified recipient (30 Mar 1852) and further enqui...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1792-16 Apr 1879
Extent:
1 file (9 documents)

8. Loan 96 RLF 5/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/1/8
Title:
Constitutions & Bye Laws, and their Revision
Scope & Content:
Contains a collection of printed, handwritten and annotated versions of the Constitution and Bye Laws of the Literary Fund, as well as details of the society's transactions, copies of minutes including discussions about revisions, and correspondence about revisions dating from June 1840.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1807-Jun 1840
Extent:
1 file (18 documents)

9. Loan 96 RLF 5/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/1/7
Title:
Proposed School for the Children of Authors
Scope & Content:
Contains two proposals for the Literary Fund to assist in creating a school for the children of authors, one from C Carwyn (25 Aug 1808) and one from William Knighton (16 Jan 1858, with responses from Octavian Blewitt dated 18 Jan 1858 and 13 Feb 1858).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1808-13 Feb 1858
Extent:
1 file (4 documents)

10. Loan 96 RLF 5/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/1/5
Title:
Documents relating to David Williams' Claims of Literature
Scope & Content:
Contains documents relating to the publication of Claims of Literature, including a notice detailing its publication, a letter from its publisher, William Miller (17 Dec 1801), details of orders, a list of Reviews and institutions to which it was sent and a letter of thanks from Robert Watts, the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Dec 1801-21 Dec 1843
Extent:
1 file (9 documents)

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