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Contains correspondence relating to arrears owed to the Literary Fund by Samuel Ralph Townshend Mayer. Also contains a document on this history of the Fund’s procedures.
Contains minutes and correspondence relating to changes in the Literary Fund’s investment policies in 1874. The Fund moved away from government securities seeking higher rates of interest.
Contains files pertaining to legacies left to the Literary Fund – these principally contain details of the wills in which the bequests were made and correspondence concerning them. Also contains three reports on proposed changes to the Fund’s investment strategies and the autobiography of Thomas...
Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by Anthony Fothergill, including correspondence from his solicitors, Dewbery & Haslewood, as well as Daniel More and John Nichols for the Literary Fund, financial documents, and manifests detailing Fothergill’s assets ...
Contains correspondence pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by Charles Pieschall, including letters from Edmund Baker, Daniel Moore, John Ilderton Burn and Teesdale & Symes.
Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by Andrew Strahan, King’s Printer and Vice President of the Fund, including extract from the will and letters from Edward Foss.