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Message from the Prince of Wales respecting a House
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Documents relating to the Prince of Wales' 1805 offer of a house to the Committee of the Literary Fund. Primarily by the founder, David Williams, these include notes, reports, minutes, the text of the Prince's offer and correspondence with Thomas Pelham, Earl of Chichester, who facilitated the Fu...
Contains two proposals for the Literary Fund to assist in creating a school for the children of authors, one from C Carwyn (25 Aug 1808) and one from William Knighton (16 Jan 1858, with responses from Octavian Blewitt dated 18 Jan 1858 and 13 Feb 1858).
Contains a collection of printed, handwritten and annotated versions of the Constitution and Bye Laws of the Literary Fund, as well as details of the society's transactions, copies of minutes including discussions about revisions, and correspondence about revisions dating from June 1840.
Copy of the Charter, Correspondence respecting it, & Law Charges
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Contains documents relating to the Literary Fund's attempts to acquire a royal charter, first in 1808 and then (successfully) in 1818. Includes copies of the draft 1808 charter and of the approved 1818 charter, as well as copies of addresses to George III and letters from interested parties and ...
The Corporate Seal & the Prince Regent's Approval of it
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Contains correspondence between Thomas Pelham, Earl of Chichester, and Sir Benjamin Bloomfield relating to the Prince Regent's approving in May 1819 a design for the corporate seal of the Literary Fund. Also includes a copy of the design with heraldic description and a letter from Thomas William ...
Contains a single sub-committee report related to the granting of pensions to the widows of deceased authors, with a note by Octavian Blewitt stating that no record of this being taken forward can be found in the minutes of the General Committee of the Literary Fund.
Contains a letter from William Tooke to John Bowyer Nichols with a copy of a petition presented to George IV on behalf of the Royal Society of Literature soliciting a charter of incorporation.
Contains a letter from the Clerk to the Charity Commisioners to the Secretary of the Literary Fund (13 May 1836), a response from Cusack Patrick Roney (23 May 1836), a copy of Octavian Blewitt's response to a Charity Commission enquiry (24 Mar 1869) and a further note to Blewitt (6 Dec 1872).
Arrangement & Adoption of the new list (of members for the Annual Reports) in 1840
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Contain correspondence, much of it undated, principally between Octavian Blewitt and officers of the Litearry Fund relating to compiling the details of members of the society for its Annual Reports. Correspondents include John Bowyer Nichols, Edward Foss, John Thomas Hope, John Britton, Thomas C...
Contains a letter from John Bruce to Octavian Blewitt on changes made to the proposed Form of Application for the Literary Fund, and a printed copy of the form.