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Clerk (later Secretary) – Mr Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
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Contains correspondence from 1881 and 1882 with respect to the position of Clerk, including applications from Eustace Owen (with supporting letters from Herny Aikin, Frederick [Onselen?] F. Waldegrave Brewster, Thomas Clifford, Saxby & Farmer, B W Day, Engall Sanders & Co and H I Sanders...
Contains letters relating to the security asked of Charles Oliver in order for him to become Collector of the Literary Fund, one from John Gray, one from Oliver himself. Includes a handwritten contents list by Nigel Cross.
Contains applications for the post of Collector of the Literary Fund from A J White (recommended by Samuel Thornton) and John Hilder. Hilder was appointed, with John Clark standing surety (his worth attested to by Henry Pigeon); Hilder’s application was supported by Bingham Richards. The file ...
Contains an application for the post of Collector of the Literary Fund from Henry Syer Bristowe, supported by F. Massey, John Dalton and Charles Edward Bissett, with John Syer Bristowe and J. Putley standing surety. The file also contains a note by Octavian Blewitt on Bristowe’s appointment, co...
Contains applications for the post of Collector of the Literary Fund from Thomas James Blencowe (supported by [?] Gooch, John Blake Honnywill, Frederick J Turner, Thomas Orgez, T. J Atkins and Daniel Moore), John Rouse (recommended by Henry Reeve), Richard Elkins (recommended by Henry Foss) and ...
Contains an application for the post of Collector of the Literary Fund from Frederick William Pellatt, supported by J. Edward Cox and the Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress, with related letters from William Henry Harrison and Robert Bell. The Committee determined Pellatt suitable and...
Contains two notes by Octavian Blewitt on the selection of George Henry Leah as Collector of the Literary Fund, a letter from Frederic Ouvry and a signed Bond ‘for the faithful performance of Office of Collector.’ Leah succeeded William Nye and preceded A A Ebborn in the role (see Loan 96 RLF 5...
Contains correspondence from Philip Charles Hardwick, William Frederick Pollock, [?] (at the Charterhouse), Frederic Ouvry on the appointment of William Nye as Collector of the Literary Fund, his bond, and his resignation letters from 1876. Nye was succeeded immediately by George Henry Leah (se...
Documents relating to the solicitation and collection of subscriptions
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Contains documents relating to early arrangements for collecting subscriptions – letters from David Hughes, William Hooper and Arnold Wainewright regarding soliciting and receiving subscriptions in Oxford and Cambridge and a correspondence between Thomas Dale and Robert Mitchell relating to the ...
Contains documentation relating to the succession of houses and chambers which the Literary Fund leased between 1805 and 1872, as well as subsidiary documents on finances, the uses of the houses and on searches for suitable properties. The files are ordered chronologically by the date of the fir...