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Container Reference (shelfmark) Loan 96 RLF 5/4

1. Loan 96 RLF 5/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4/1
Title:
Offer of the Presidency to Lord Rawdon, afterwards Marquis of Hastings
Scope & Content:
Contains copies of letters from the Literary Fund to Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, Lord Rawdon, asking him to join the Literary Fund and requesting that he assume the title of President, with replies from Rawdon acceding to the former but demurring form the latter.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1791-3 May 1791
Extent:
1 file (3 documents)

2. Loan 96 RLF 5/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4/2
Title:
Offer of the Presidency to the Duke of Leeds
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Mar 1791
Extent:
1 file (1 document)

3. Loan 96 RLF 5/4/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4/3
Title:
Offer of the Presidency to the Duke of Portland
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1793-11 Mar 1793
Extent:
1 file (1 document)

4. Loan 96 RLF 5/4/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4/4
Title:
Offer of the Presidency to the Marquis of Lansdowne
Scope & Content:
Contains a letter from William Petty, Marquess of Lansdowne, apologetically declining the presidency of the Literary Fund on the grounds of his health.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1793
Extent:
1 file (1 document)

5. Loan 96 RLF 5/4/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4/5
Title:
The Marquis of Bute, 1st President
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1799
Extent:
1 file (2 documents)

6. Loan 96 RLF 5/4/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4/6
Title:
The Duke of Somerset, 2nd President
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1837-8 Jun 1840
Extent:
1 file (4 documents)

7. Loan 96 RLF 5/4/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4/7
Title:
The Marquis of Lansdowne, 3rd President
Scope & Content:
Contains an undated letter from Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne, accepting the presidency of the Literary Fund.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1837
Extent:
1 file (1 document)

8. Loan 96 RLF 5/4/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4/8
Title:
Earl Stanhope, 4th President
Scope & Content:
Contains a correspondence between Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl Stanhope, and Octavian Blewitt relating to the former’s election as President of the Literary Fund.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1863-14 Mar 1863
Extent:
1 file (4 documents)

9. Loan 96 RLF 5/4/9

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4/9
Title:
The Earl of Derby, 5th President
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1875-7 Mar 1903
Extent:
1 file (15 documents)

10. Loan 96 RLF 5/4/10

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4/10
Title:
Vice Presidents, 1800-1810
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1803-28 Mar 1805
Extent:
1 file (5 documents)

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