Principally contains letters from [S E?] Anson, Charles Beaumont Phipps, Doyne C Bell and H J Harrison, at Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle, writing to Octavian Blewitt to request information on applicants for royal aid or to refer applicants. Also contains a few related letters from other c...
Assistant Collector (later Collector and Clerk) – Mr Charles Lamborn
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Contains application letters for the post of Assistant Collector from Charles Oliver, William Burt and James Salmon and a Treasurer’s Report by John Reeves, George Ranking and Richard Yates on the candidates for the position, which resulted in the appointment of Charles Lamborn. Also contains a...
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...
Letters from Whitehall acknowledging the Receipt of Addresses from the Committee of the Literary Fund
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Contains documents relating to the receipt of officers in Whitehall of addresses from the Committee of the Royal Literary Fund in 1884, 1887, 1892, 1893, 1895 and 1897. These consist primarily of letters acknowledging receipt, from Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby, R H Collins, Henry Matthews, Sir ...
Address to the Queen & Prince Albert, on their Marriage
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Contains drafts of an address from the Literary Fund to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on their marriage, a press clipping detailing the speech and related correspondence from Octavian Blewitt, Edward Raleigh Moran, William Jerdan, Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne, and Wil...
Application for a Share in the Residue of Miss Harriet Hurst’s Estate
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Contains documents pertaining to a codicil in the will of Harriet Hurst making provision for charitable institutions, including copies of the codicil and a letter from Octavian Blewitt to Hurst’s executors.