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Contains two letters relating to the Duchess of Kent (Princess Marie Luise Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld) and her subscription to the Literary Fund.
Donation from the Masquers & Mummers at Prior’s Bank
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Contains printed documents and seals relating to ‘the Grand Tournament at the Prior’s Bank’ on December 30th 1839; a note on the front of the file records a subsequent donation to the Literary Fund.
Contains correspondence regarding Queen Victoria’s subscription to the Literary Fund from officials in the Privy Purse Office including Sir Henry Wheatley, Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps, W J Harrison, Sir Thomas Biddulph, Doyne C Bell and Walter M Gibson.
Mr C Edwards Lester’s Proposed Contribution from the United States
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Contains three letters regarding a scheme by C Edwards Lester to raise support and money for the Literary Fund in the United States, and a cutting detailing his speech at the Fund’s 1848 dinner.
Contains letters, printed documents and receipts relating to donations to the Literary Fund from the Percy Society on its being wound up. Also contains lists of the society’s members and publications and details of its accounts.
Contains ‘correspondence relating to a portion of the Fund raised at Liverpool at the celebration of the Shakespeare Tercentenary’ from Henry A Bright.