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Letters from Whitehall acknowledging the Receipt of Addresses from the Committee of the Literary Fund
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Contains documents relating to the receipt of officers in Whitehall of addresses from the Committee of the Royal Literary Fund in 1884, 1887, 1892, 1893, 1895 and 1897. These consist primarily of letters acknowledging receipt, from Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby, R H Collins, Henry Matthews, Sir ...
Annual Report Acknowledgements from Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V
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Contains letters from courtiers in the Privy Purse Office acknowledging receipt of annual reports sent by the Royal Literary Fund to Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V. Correspondents include Sir George Grey, Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps, [?] Harrison, Doyne C Bell, John Longden, ...
Annual Report Acknowledgements from the Prince of Wales
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Contains 28 letters from Maurice Holzmann, writing on behalf of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, to Octavian Blewitt and Arthur Llewelyn Roberts, acknowledging receipt of the Royal Literary Fund’s annual reports.
Annual Report Acknowledgements from the King of the Belgians
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Contains letters of acknowledgement from the Belgian court under Leopold II for annual reports sent by the Royal Literary Fund. The first five letters are in English and addressed personally to Octavian Blewitt, the later letters in French and more formal.
Communications regarding Civil List pensions and enquiries from Downing Street
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Contains documents, principally letters, relating to enquiries made to the Secretaries of the Literary Fund about the cases of writers who applied to the government and members of the royal household for financial aid. These fall into two main sections. The first relates to the secretarial tenur...
Cases Referred by Prime Ministers: Sir Robert Peel
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Contains letters from J R Major and W H Stephenson to Octavian Blewitt, relating to writers applying for aid from the Civil List, as well as drafts of Blewitt’s replies. Fourteen of the documents in this file pertain to one case, that of David Booth (see Loan 96 RLF 1/1013).
Cases Referred by Prime Ministers: Lord John Russell
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Contains two letters from C Grey to Octavian Blewitt, asking for his assistance in ascertaining the merit of a literary applicant to the Royal Bounty Fund.
Cases Referred by Prime Ministers: Lord Palmerston
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Contains letters from William Law, Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, Charles Clifford and Augustus [?] to Octavian Blewitt relating to applications to Palmerston for aid from the Civil List and the Royal Bounty Fund.
Contains letters from W B Gordon and Horace Seymour to Octavian Blewitt, asking for his advice on applicants to the Civil List and the Royal Bounty Fund, with copies of some of Blewitt’s replies. Also contains later letters from Seymour, H.W. Primrose and George Murray to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts...