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Report of the Registrars & Treasurers on the Re-investment of a Portion of the Funded Property
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Contains a report by the Registrars and Treasurers of the Literary Fund (at this time John Manners, William Smith, Benjamin Ward Richardson, Anthony Trollope and Frederic Ouvry) on reinvesting part of the Fund’s resources, with a follow-up report and three letters from Ouvry.
Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by Ann Elisabeth Watts, including details from her will and letters from Frederic Ouvry and the solicitors handling her estate.
Report of the Treasurers on the Re-investment of a Portion of the Funded Property
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Contains a report by the Treasurers of the Literary Fund (at this time John Manners, George Godwin and Samuel Birch) on reinvesting part of the Fund’s resources in different stocks, with two letters from Birch. Arthur Llewelyn Roberts has noted on the folder that the recommendations in this rep...
Report of the President, Registrars & Treasurers on the Re-investment of the £10,000 Land Securities to Debenture Bond
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Contains a report by the President and Treasurers of the Literary Fund (at this time Edward Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby, John Manners, George Godwin and Samuel Birch) on reinvesting part of the Fund’s resources, accompanied by letters from William Smith, Henry Hucks Gibbs, Reginald Laurence Ant...
Contains an eight-side autobiographical account by Thomas Newton (1719-1807) detailing his family and life. Newton left his private papers and a substantial legacy to the Fund. Also contains a small note in an unknown hand guaranteeing the veracity of the account.
Royal Literary Fund: Treasurers’ Reports and Registrars’ Reports
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This box contains the Royal Literary Fund’s Registrars’ Reports from 1839-1895 and the Treasurers’ Reports from 1840 to 1887. The Registrars’ Reports give details of the General Committee members, Registrars and Treasurers who attended each Committee meeting and list vacancies on the Committee ...
Contains the Auditors’ Reports of the Royal Literary Fund for the years between 1820 and 1904. These consist principally of double-entry records detailing the Fund’s incomings (including donations, subscriptions, profits from stocks and monies raised at the anniversary dinners) and outgoings (in...
Royal Literary Fund: Annual Reports of Grants and Analysis of Cases, 1839-1879
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This box contains two sets of records, both principally prepared by the Funds’ secretary between 1839 and 1884, Octavian Blewitt. The Annual Reports of Grants tabulate anonymised information on the applicants who were relieved during each year, outlining the breakdown of different types of auth...
Royal Literary Fund: Analysis of Cases, 1880-1899 and Correspondence regarding Colonel Blood’s Daggers
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This box contains analyses of the cases submitted to the Royal Literary Fund between 1880 and 1899. These records record information on the applicants whose cases were presented to the committee each month. The cases are divided into ‘new’ (first-time applicants) and ‘old’ (those who had appli...
This box contains three bound folders of documents relating to the financial affairs of the Literary Fund, consisting principally of accounts, receipts and related correspondence. 1: Receipts for Dining Contains receipts for Fund Dinners held between 1800 and 1841, as well as a small amount of...