Resolution on the Death of Sir Henry Ellis (Vice President & Treasurer)
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Two variant copies of a resolution by the Committee of the Literary Fund expressing 'profound sorrow' at the death of Sir Henry Ellis, and two letters from his wife, Jane Sarah Ellis, expressing her thanks to Octavian Blewitt.
Resolution on the Death of John Dickinson Esq F.R.S. (Vice President & Registrar)
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Contains a resolution passed by the Committee of the Literary Fund commemorating the late John Dickinson, with letters from his son (also John Dickinson) to the Committee and to Octavian Blewitt.
Address to the Queen on the birth of a Son to the Prince & Princess of Wales
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Contains a draft of an address to Queen Victoria on the birth of Prince Albert Victor, with a letter from Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl Stanhope, to Octavian Blewitt on its presentation, a letter of acknowledgement from Sir George Grey to Stanhope and a clipping from the London Gazette.
Resolution on the Death of H.E.M. Van de Weyer (Vice President)
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Contains a resolution by the Committee of the Literary Fund on the death of Sylvain Van de Weyer, with letters from William Henry Harrison to Octavian Blewitt and Elizabeth Van de Weyer to Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl Stanhope.
Address to the Queen on the Grant of the Crown as an addition to the Armorial Bearings, and of the word Royal to the Title of the Society
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Contains correspondence relating to the Literary Fund’s thanking Queen Victoria for permission to add the crown to the Fund’s armorial bearings and use the sobriquet ‘Royal’, including a draft response and letter by Octavian Blewitt and letters from Henry Wheatley and Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaur...