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Contains a 1799 letter relating to the Westminster Library and an 1833 letter from Henry Field, the Library’s surviving trustee, detailing the donation of its assets to the Literary Fund.
Contains two letters relating to the Duchess of Kent (Princess Marie Luise Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld) and her subscription to the Literary Fund.
Donation from the Masquers & Mummers at Prior’s Bank
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Contains printed documents and seals relating to ‘the Grand Tournament at the Prior’s Bank’ on December 30th 1839; a note on the front of the file records a subsequent donation to the Literary Fund.
Contains correspondence regarding Queen Victoria’s subscription to the Literary Fund from officials in the Privy Purse Office including Sir Henry Wheatley, Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps, W J Harrison, Sir Thomas Biddulph, Doyne C Bell and Walter M Gibson.