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Contains a letter from Robert Merry stating that he has not been able to obtain an answer from Francis Godolphin Osborne, Duke of Leeds, regarding the presidency of the Literary Fund.
Contains the texts of letters from Thomas Bracken and Septimus Collinson regarding an unsuccessful attempt to contact William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland, in order to invite him to become President of the Literary Fund.
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.
Contains a letter from Caleb Whitefoord stating that John Stuart, Marquess of Bute, had accepted the presidency of the Literary Fund ‘provided it was not a troublesome office’ and a letter from Bute communicating the same.
Contains a letter from Edward Adolphus St. Maur, Duke of Somerset, resigning from the Presidency of the Literary Fund, a second letter stating his willingness to receive a deputation from the Committee and a later correspondence between the Duke and Octavian Blewitt in which Blewitt thanks the D...
Contains a correspondence between Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl Stanhope, and Octavian Blewitt relating to the former’s election as President of the Literary Fund.
Contains correspondence from 1875 and 1876 from William Smith and Sir William Frederick Pollock concerned with the election of Edward Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby, as President of the Literary Fund. Also contains letters from William Smith and Howard Smith detailing various candidates proposed ...
Contains correspondence relating to vice-presidential invitations made by the Literary Fund Committee to Owen Williams, George John Spencer, Earl Spencer, and Arthur Annesley, Earl of Mountnorris.