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78221. Loan 96 RLF 5/3/19

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/3/19
Title:
Letters from Members, 1829
Scope & Content:
Contains a letter from John Bowyer Nichols to Richard Yates, a printed circular advertising the annual meeting of the Literary Fund Society, a letter on the dinner, a letter from Richard Yates to Joseph Snow and a copy of the ‘Rules and Regulations of the Literary Fund Club’, detailing elections...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1829-8 Dec 1829
Extent:
1 file (5 documents)

78222. Loan 96 RLF 5/3/20

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/3/20
Title:
Letters from Members, 1830
Scope & Content:
Contains two clippings on the 1830 meeting of the Literary Fund in Greenwich, the minutes of the Club from November 1830 to May 1831, a printed circular advertising the 1830 Club dinner and correspondence relating to this dinner, mostly addressed to Joseph Snow, from correspondents including Joh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1830-4 May 1831
Extent:
1 file (43 documents)

78223. Loan 96 RLF 5/3/21

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/3/21
Title:
Letters from Members, 1834
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the 1834 Literary Fund Club dinner, mostly addressed to Joseph Snow, from correspondents including A.J. Kempe, Charles Wentworth Dilke, Robert Lemon, Andrew Spottiswoode, William Jerdan, Thomas Tegg, Thomas Cadell, Owen Rees, James Moyes and John Dickinson.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1834-8 Jul 1834
Extent:
1 file (18 documents)

78224. Loan 96 RLF 5/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4
Title:
Literary Fund Documents Regarding Officers: Presidents, Vice Presidents and Honorary Officers
Scope & Content:
Contains documents relating to the appointments and duties of the Literary Fund’s senior officers. These are mostly letters of acceptance for positions, although some, such as those in the folder of documents on bankers, contain more involved correspondence. Most of the folders in this box conta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1791-1901
Extent:
1 box (22 files)

78225. Loan 96 RLF 5/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4/1
Title:
Offer of the Presidency to Lord Rawdon, afterwards Marquis of Hastings
Scope & Content:
Contains copies of letters from the Literary Fund to Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, Lord Rawdon, asking him to join the Literary Fund and requesting that he assume the title of President, with replies from Rawdon acceding to the former but demurring form the latter.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1791-3 May 1791
Extent:
1 file (3 documents)

78226. Loan 96 RLF 5/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4/2
Title:
Offer of the Presidency to the Duke of Leeds
Scope & Content:
Contains a letter from Robert Merry stating that he has not been able to obtain an answer from Francis Godolphin Osborne, Duke of Leeds, regarding the presidency of the Literary Fund.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1791
Extent:
1 file (1 document)

78227. Loan 96 RLF 5/4/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4/3
Title:
Offer of the Presidency to the Duke of Portland
Scope & Content:
Contains the texts of letters from Thomas Bracken and Septimus Collinson regarding an unsuccessful attempt to contact William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland, in order to invite him to become President of the Literary Fund.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1793-11 Mar 1793
Extent:
1 file (1 document)

78228. Loan 96 RLF 5/4/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4/4
Title:
Offer of the Presidency to the Marquis of Lansdowne
Scope & Content:
Contains a letter from William Petty, Marquess of Lansdowne, apologetically declining the presidency of the Literary Fund on the grounds of his health.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1793
Extent:
1 file (1 document)

78229. Loan 96 RLF 5/4/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4/5
Title:
The Marquis of Bute, 1st President
Scope & Content:
Contains a letter from Caleb Whitefoord stating that John Stuart, Marquess of Bute, had accepted the presidency of the Literary Fund ‘provided it was not a troublesome office’ and a letter from Bute communicating the same.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1799
Extent:
1 file (2 documents)

78230. Loan 96 RLF 5/4/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4/6
Title:
The Duke of Somerset, 2nd President
Scope & Content:
Contains a letter from Edward Adolphus St. Maur, Duke of Somerset, resigning from the Presidency of the Literary Fund, a second letter stating his willingness to receive a deputation from the Committee and a later correspondence between the Duke and Octavian Blewitt in which Blewitt thanks the D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1837-8 Jun 1840
Extent:
1 file (4 documents)