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Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by Robert Bickerstaff, bookseller, including a copy of the will, details of the estate accounts and letters from the executors Richard Harrison and Paul Harrison and Ransom & Co.
Contains an extract from the Registry of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury relating to a bequest to the Literary Fund from Lewis Andrew de la Chaumette.
Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by Mrs Susannah Dixon of Bath, wife for the Reverend W Dixon, formerly Miss Susannah Calwell. Includes extensive correspondence, principally from J L Phillips, John Ilderton Burn and Edward Smith relating to the legacy an...
Contains documents pertaining to a legacy promised to the Literary Fund by Thomas Richards in 1837, but not passed on by his housekeeper, Miss Donne, to whom he left his estate. Includes memoranda by Octavian Blewitt and a letter from Frederick Salmon.
Contains correspondence pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by Thomas Norton Longman, publisher, including letters from Thomas Longman, Henry Ellis and Thomas Brown. Also contains a copy of the relevant clause from Longman's will.
Contains correspondence pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by John Harris, publisher, including letters from John Harris (Junior) and William Tooke.
Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by John Hatchard, publisher and bookseller, including details from his will and a letter from his executors.
Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by Charles König, Keeper of Geology in the British Museum, including details from his will, a letter from his executors and a note by Octavian Blewitt.