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Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by John Howell, including details from his will and letters from Messrs Merriman & Pike, Octavian Blewitt, Thomas Howell, Farrer, Ouvry & Co and Anthony Trollope, as well as clippings on a court case relating to Ho...
Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by William Beattie, including details from his will and letters from Charles Stephen Hassell and Octavian Blewitt.
Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by Lady Mary Ann Chantry, including details from her will and letters from William Frederick Pollock, Wilde, Berger, Moore & Wilde, Octavian Blewitt and the Bank of England.
Application for a Share in the Residue of Miss Harriet Hurst’s Estate
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Contains documents pertaining to a codicil in the will of Harriet Hurst making provision for charitable institutions, including copies of the codicil and a letter from Octavian Blewitt to Hurst’s executors.
Report of the Registrars & Treasurers on the Re-investment of a Portion of the Funded Property
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Contains a report by the Registrars and Treasurers of the Literary Fund (at this time John Manners, William Smith, Benjamin Ward Richardson, Anthony Trollope and Frederic Ouvry) on reinvesting part of the Fund’s resources, with a follow-up report and three letters from Ouvry.
Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by Ann Elisabeth Watts, including details from her will and letters from Frederic Ouvry and the solicitors handling her estate.
Report of the Treasurers on the Re-investment of a Portion of the Funded Property
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Contains a report by the Treasurers of the Literary Fund (at this time John Manners, George Godwin and Samuel Birch) on reinvesting part of the Fund’s resources in different stocks, with two letters from Birch. Arthur Llewelyn Roberts has noted on the folder that the recommendations in this rep...
Report of the President, Registrars & Treasurers on the Re-investment of the £10,000 Land Securities to Debenture Bond
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Contains a report by the President and Treasurers of the Literary Fund (at this time Edward Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby, John Manners, George Godwin and Samuel Birch) on reinvesting part of the Fund’s resources, accompanied by letters from William Smith, Henry Hucks Gibbs, Reginald Laurence Ant...
Contains an eight-side autobiographical account by Thomas Newton (1719-1807) detailing his family and life. Newton left his private papers and a substantial legacy to the Fund. Also contains a small note in an unknown hand guaranteeing the veracity of the account.