Correspondence with the Bishops & Dr Parr respecting the Preaching of a Sermon on behalf of the Society
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Correspondence from Charles Manners-Sutton, Bishop of Norwich (12 Mar 1794), Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, Bishop of Carlisle (undated), and Samuel Parr (25 Mar 1802) with regard to a series of attempts to have a sermon preached on behalf of the Literary Fund. Also contains other related lett...
Petition to Parliament against the Charitable Trusts Bill
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Contains details of two attempts to petition against Charitable Trust Bills in Parliament. The first (from 1852) is represented by a draft petition from the Literary Fund and press clippings from The Times and the second (from 1881) consists principally of printed letters from John Derby Allcrof...