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Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by Beriah Botfield, including details from his will and letters from his estate’s solicitors.
Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by William Fairholt, including details from his will and letters from Frederic Ouvry, Octavian Blewitt, Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl Stanhope, Henry Ellis and William Frederick Pollock.
Contains correspondence pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by Thomas Brown, from William Sharp, Octavian Blewitt and William Henry Harrison.
Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by Jewer Henry Jewer, including details from his will and letters from Thomas Marr Johnson and Octavian Blewitt.
Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by John Howell, including details from his will and letters from Messrs Merriman & Pike, Octavian Blewitt, Thomas Howell, Farrer, Ouvry & Co and Anthony Trollope, as well as clippings on a court case relating to Ho...
Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by William Beattie, including details from his will and letters from Charles Stephen Hassell and Octavian Blewitt.
Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by Lady Mary Ann Chantry, including details from her will and letters from William Frederick Pollock, Wilde, Berger, Moore & Wilde, Octavian Blewitt and the Bank of England.
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.
Report of the Registrars & Treasurers on the Re-investment of a Portion of the Funded Property
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Contains a report by the Registrars and Treasurers of the Literary Fund (at this time John Manners, William Smith, Benjamin Ward Richardson, Anthony Trollope and Frederic Ouvry) on reinvesting part of the Fund’s resources, with a follow-up report and three letters from Ouvry.