Offer of the Presidency to the Marquis of Lansdowne
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Contains a letter from William Petty, Marquess of Lansdowne, apologetically declining the presidency of the Literary Fund on the grounds of his health.
Resolution on the Resignation of John Britton Esq (Registrar)
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Resolution thanking John Britton for his service to the Literary Fund, with a letter explaining his reasons for resigning and a letter from his wife Ellen Britton thanking the Committee for its thanks.
Address to the King on the Death of the Duke of Kent
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Contains documents relating to the death of the Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, including a newspaper clipping from the London Gazette on the Literary Fund’s address to him, printed prospectuses and subscription lists for a ‘Public Tribute to the Memory of the Duke of Kent’ , a letter to the Treasu...
Letter to M. Guizot for the King of the French, with Reports
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Contains a draft of an address from Octavian Blewitt to François Pierre Guillaume Guizot, with related letters from Blewitt, [?] and Guizot (the last in French).
Address to the Queen on the Death of the Prince Consort
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Contains a draft of an address from the Literary Fund to Queen Victoria on the death of Prince Albert, with an attached clipping from the London Gazette listing it among others received, with related correspondence from John Bowyer Nichols, Octavian Blewitt and William Hearn.
Address to the Queen on the Recovery of the Prince of Wales
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Contains drafts of an address to Queen Victoria on the recovery from illness of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, with related correspondence between Octavian Blewitt, Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl Stanhope, and William Henry Harrison and a letter of acknowledgement signed by Henry Austen Bruce.
Address to the Queen on the Death of the Princess Alice
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Contains a draft of an address to Queen Victoria on the death of Princess Alice, with related correspondence from William Smith and Edward Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby and acknowledgements from Whitehall and Henry Frederick Ponsonby at Windsor Castle.