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Contains a draft of an address from the Literary Fund to Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, thanking him for an 1843 donation of ‘One Thousand Silver Roubles’, news of which was communicated by the Russian Ambassador, Philipp Graf von Brunnow. Also contains related correspondence from Octavian B...
Letter to M. Guizot for the King of the French, with Reports
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Contains a draft of an address from Octavian Blewitt to François Pierre Guillaume Guizot, with related letters from Blewitt, [?] and Guizot (the last in French).
Address to the Queen on the Grant of the Crown as an addition to the Armorial Bearings, and of the word Royal to the Title of the Society
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Contains correspondence relating to the Literary Fund’s thanking Queen Victoria for permission to add the crown to the Fund’s armorial bearings and use the sobriquet ‘Royal’, including a draft response and letter by Octavian Blewitt and letters from Henry Wheatley and Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaur...
Letter to the Marquis d’Azeglio, with Reports &c. for the King of Sardinia
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Contains a short letter from Massimo Taparelli, Marquis d’Azeglio, to Octavian Blewitt acknowledging receipt of reports and promising to transmit them.
Address to the Queen on the Death of the Prince Consort
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Contains a draft of an address from the Literary Fund to Queen Victoria on the death of Prince Albert, with an attached clipping from the London Gazette listing it among others received, with related correspondence from John Bowyer Nichols, Octavian Blewitt and William Hearn.
Letter to Chevalier Bunsen, with Reports &c. for the Prince of Prussia
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Contains two draft letters from Octavian Blewitt to Christian Karl Josias von Bunsen, asking him to forward documents from the Literary Fund to the Prince of Prussia.
Address to the Queen, on the Marriage of the Prince of Wales
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Contains a draft of an address to Queen Victoria on the marriage of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, with a letter of acknowledgement from Sir George Grey to Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl Stanhope.
Address to the Prince & Princess of Wales, on their Marriage
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Contains two drafts of an address from the Literary Fund to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and Alexandra of Denmark on the occasion of their marriage.
Address to the Queen on the birth of a Son to the Prince & Princess of Wales
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Contains a draft of an address to Queen Victoria on the birth of Prince Albert Victor, with a letter from Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl Stanhope, to Octavian Blewitt on its presentation, a letter of acknowledgement from Sir George Grey to Stanhope and a clipping from the London Gazette.