John Francis Rigaud's Design for an Engraved Plate
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Contains documents relating to the reproduction of a design produced by John Francis Rigaud for the benefit of the Literary Fund in 1800, including a resolution, details of subscribers and letters from correspondents including David Williams, Rigaud, and the engraver Thomas Ryder. The folder also...
Message from the Prince of Wales respecting a House
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Documents relating to the Prince of Wales' 1805 offer of a house to the Committee of the Literary Fund. Primarily by the founder, David Williams, these include notes, reports, minutes, the text of the Prince's offer and correspondence with Thomas Pelham, Earl of Chichester, who facilitated the Fu...
Engraved Portrait of the Marquis of Bute, 1st President
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Contains letters relating to an engraving of John Stuart, Marquess of Bute, from John Kaye, Bishop of Lincoln, Octavian Blewitt and John Crichton-Stuart, Marquess of Bute.
Contains two letters relating to the Duchess of Kent (Princess Marie Luise Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld) and her subscription to the Literary Fund.
Mr C Edwards Lester’s Proposed Contribution from the United States
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Contains three letters regarding a scheme by C Edwards Lester to raise support and money for the Literary Fund in the United States, and a cutting detailing his speech at the Fund’s 1848 dinner.
Papers & Letters relating to the Formation of the Society
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Folder containing letters and plans relating to the establishment and early administration of the Literary Fund, including details of meeting arrangements, enquiries from interested parties, a suggestion for a 'Memorial of Benevolence' and an account of the Fund by David Williams. Includes docume...
Papers relating to the British Literary & Scientific Life Assurance Co.
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Contains letters from C. Douglas Hope to William Tooke and Thomas Crofton Croker on the British Literary and Scientific Life Assurance Co., with copies of their replies (Jul 1842), and correspondence on excising mentions of the Literary Fund from the Assurance's promotional materials between Crok...
Portrait of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, Bart., V.P and Chairman of Committee
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Contains correspondence relating to the Literary Fund’s resolution to commission a portrait of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse and the subscription raised to achieve this. Includes minutes, resolutions and letters from Hobhouse, John Ilderton Burn, Charles Harvey, John Reeves, Henry Leave, Rowley Lascell...
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.