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1. Loan 96 RLF 5/2

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Loan 96 RLF 5/2
Title:
Literary Fund Corporation Documents (1844-1904) & Resolutions of Thanks to Officers of the Fund (1828-1882)
Scope & Content:
Contains two groups of documents. The first group relate to the administration of the Literary Fund - to financial matters, governance and interactions both with government and with other societies. The second group consists of a series of brief resolutions made by the Committee of the Literary ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1828-1904
Extent:
1 box (33 folders)

2. Loan 96 RLF 5/2/6

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Loan 96 RLF 5/2/6
Title:
Correspondence regarding Theatricals
Scope & Content:
Contains letters from correspondents including Samuel Berry, Peter Rasbotham and Henry Robert Addison relating to an amateur theatrical performance for the benefit of the Literary Fund, which took place on 18 Mar 1853. Also contain two clippings from the Guardian anticipating and reviewing the pe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1852-21 Mar 1853
Extent:
1 file (10 documents)

3. Loan 96 RLF 5/2/9

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/2/9
Title:
Falls-off of Members
Scope & Content:
Contains a warning from the Anniversary Committee about the 'increasing difficulties of obtaining new Subscribers' to the Literary Fund.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 file (1 document)

4. Loan 96 RLF 5/2/3

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Loan 96 RLF 5/2/3
Title:
Printers and Estimates for Printing
Scope & Content:
Contains numerous documents detailing the costs of printing the Literary Fund's Annual Reports and the associated discussions. Includes communications with other societies and with printers, reports from sub-committees on costs, and papers relating to a motion put forward by Anthony Trollope in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1841-21 Jan 1881
Extent:
1 file (43 documents)

5. Loan 96 RLF 5/2/2

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Loan 96 RLF 5/2/2
Title:
Advertising Donations in London & Provincial Papers
Scope & Content:
Collection of documents and correspondence centring on the Literary Fund's secretary, Octavian Blewitt, relating to the distribution of advertisements detailing the recent donations the Fund had received and the nature of the Fund's work. Includes letters from Charles Wentworth Dilke, responses f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1841-11 Feb 1846
Extent:
1 file (23 documents)

6. Loan 96 RLF 5/2/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/2/8
Title:
Letters & Papers relating to other Societies
Scope & Content:
Contains various communications between other societies and the Literary Fund, mostly addressed to the Fund's secretary, Octavian Blewitt. Contains a series of communications relating to an abortive 1863 proposal to extend income tax to charitable funds, tranches of communications with the Guild ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1842-9 Nov 1884
Extent:
1 file (50 documents)

7. Loan 96 RLF 5/2/10

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Loan 96 RLF 5/2/10
Title:
Request for a Pecuniary Grant
Scope & Content:
Draft of a letter to the King and to various livery companies seeking aid in making up a shortfall between monies incoming and those being paid out to authors by the Literary Fund.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 file (1 document)

8. Loan 96 RLF 5/2/5

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Loan 96 RLF 5/2/5
Title:
Petition to Parliament against the Charitable Trusts Bill
Scope & Content:
Contains details of two attempts to petition against Charitable Trust Bills in Parliament. The first (from 1852) is represented by a draft petition from the Literary Fund and press clippings from The Times and the second (from 1881) consists principally of printed letters from John Derby Allcrof...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1851-15 Jul 1881
Extent:
1 file (12 documents)

9. Loan 96 RLF 5/2/26

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Loan 96 RLF 5/2/26
Title:
Resolution on the Death of the Countess Stanhope
Scope & Content:
Resolution recording the sorrow of the Committee of the Literary Fund on the death of Emily Harriet, Countess Stanhope, with a letter from Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl Stanhope, to Octavian Blewitt, asking him to thak the Committee for their sympathy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1874-10 Feb 1874
Extent:
1 file (2 documents)

10. Loan 96 RLF 5/2/17

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/2/17
Title:
Resolution on the Resignation of John Britton Esq (Registrar)
Scope & Content:
Resolution thanking John Britton for his service to the Literary Fund, with a letter explaining his reasons for resigning and a letter from his wife Ellen Britton thanking the Committee for its thanks.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1853-1 Mar 1853
Extent:
1 file (3 documents)

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