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78201. Loan 96 RLF 5/2/33

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/2/33
Title:
Resolution on the Death of Anthony Trollope Esq. (Treasurer)
Scope & Content:
Contains a letter from William Smith to Octavian Blewitt asking him to draft a resolution for the Committee of the Literary Fund on the death of Anthony Trollope, Blewitt's resulting drafts, and letters from Blewitt, Lord John Manners and Mrs Anthony Trollope (Rose Trollope).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1882
Extent:
1 file (6 documents)

78202. Loan 96 RLF 5/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/3
Title:
Literary Fund Club Documents
Scope & Content:
Contains documents relating to the Literary Fund Club, including a few early documents from its 1790s incarnation and a more complete (although still spotty) run of papers and correspondence dating from after the Club’s revival in 1806. The letters principally relate to the organisation of or at...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1796-1834
Extent:
1 box (21 folders)

78203. Loan 96 RLF 5/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/3/1
Title:
Mr Williams, Lord Montmorres & Mr Grenfell’s Bet to be decided by the Club
Scope & Content:
Contains details of a bet made between David Williams, Hervey Raymond Morres, Viscount Mountmorres, and Pascoe Grenfell regarding ‘the last Character in which Mr Garrick appeared on the Stage.’ Mountmorres and Grenfell correctly identified this character as Don Felix in The Comedy of the Wonder,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1796-27 Jun 1797
Extent:
1 file (3 documents)

78204. Loan 96 RLF 5/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/3/2
Title:
Agreement to revive the Club (1800)
Scope & Content:
Contains a document setting out the procedures for the Literary Fund’s dining club, detailing times, commitments and means of election. Signed by Thomas Williams, James Bland Burges, Richard Joseph Sullivan, John Symmons, William Salte, Miles Peter Andrews, William Boscawen, Richard Yates, Willi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1800
Extent:
1 file (1 document)

78205. Loan 96 RLF 5/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/3/3
Title:
Accounts of Greenwich Dinner (1805)
Scope & Content:
Contains a letter from Edmund Baker to Richard Yates detailing money matters, including those related to the Literary Fund Club’s 1805 dinner in Greenwich.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1805
Extent:
1 file (1 document)

78206. Loan 96 RLF 5/3/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/3/4
Title:
The Reestablishment of the Club by Lord Valentia (1806)
Scope & Content:
Contains documents detailing the reestablishment of the Literary Fund Club by George Annesley, Viscount Valentia. Includes a list of ‘Fundamental rules’, details of members, financial details, a draft letter from Valentia to potential members and responses to this letter from J. Somerset, John B...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1806-20 May 1807
Extent:
1 file (19 documents)

78207. Loan 96 RLF 5/3/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/3/5
Title:
Club Circular & Letters from Members, 1810
Scope & Content:
Contains a printed letter detailing the membership of and meeting dates for the Literary Fund Club in 1810, and correspondence addressed to Richard Yates from [?] Burrow, Bingham Richards, Charles Bicknell and John Symmons.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1810-19 Nov 1810
Extent:
1 file (5 documents)

78208. Loan 96 RLF 5/3/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/3/6
Title:
Letters from Members, 1811
Scope & Content:
Contains letters regarding the Literary Fund Club from George Shee, John Crosbie, Earl Glandore, Edward Adolphus St. Maur, Duke of Somerset, John Coxe Hippisley and Bingham Richards.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1811-19 Dec 1811
Extent:
1 file (7 documents)

78209. Loan 96 RLF 5/3/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/3/7
Title:
Letters from Members, 1812
Scope & Content:
Contains letters regarding the Literary Fund Club from correspondents including William Jacob, [Rowenoff?], John Barrow, Charles Lamborn, Benjamin Hobhouse and Charles Monro.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1812-14 Jun 1812
Extent:
1 file (7 documents)

78210. Loan 96 RLF 5/3/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/3/8
Title:
Letters from Members, 1813
Scope & Content:
Contains two letters from William Franklin to Richard Yates regarding the Literary Fund Club.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1813-19 Jun 1813
Extent:

1 file (2 documents)