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78411. Loan 96 RLF 5/6/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/6/6
Title:
Secretary – Offers of Gratuitous Services
Scope & Content:
Contains an 1836 letter from William Moxon to the Committee of the Literary Fund offering his services as Secretary gratuitously, a pair of similar 1837 letters from Francis Mahoney to Thomas Crofton Croker and two 1855 letters from a Miss Howard, with responses from Octavian Blewitt and Charle...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1836-12 Apr 1855
Extent:

1 file (7 documents)

78412. Loan 96 RLF 5/6/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/6/7
Title:
Secretary – Reverend Whittington Henry Landon
Scope & Content:
Contains letters of application for the post of Secretary of the Literary Fund from John Van Horn (with printed affidavit), H W Dewhurst, Octavian Blewitt, G.H. Smith, Whittington Henry Landon (recommended by William Jerdan) and James Stennett (with recommendation letter from Wieles Leigh Cliffe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1837-9 Feb 1839
Extent:

1 file (17 documents)

78413. Loan 96 RLF 5/6/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/6/8
Title:
Secretary – Mr Octavian Blewitt
Scope & Content:
Contains letters relating to applications for the post of Secretary of the Literary Fund from George Miller, William Freeling Jerdan (supported by his father, William Jerdan) and Octavian Blewitt (with picture). Blewitt was appointed, with sureties provided by William Tooke, George Herbert and E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1839-16 Jul 1888
Extent:

1 file (56 documents)

78414. Loan 96 RLF 5/6/9

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/6/9
Title:
Clerk (later Secretary) – Mr Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
Scope & Content:
Contains correspondence from 1881 and 1882 with respect to the position of Clerk, including applications from Eustace Owen (with supporting letters from Herny Aikin, Frederick [Onselen?] F. Waldegrave Brewster, Thomas Clifford, Saxby & Farmer, B W Day, Engall Sanders & Co and H I Sanders...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1881-10 Dec 1919
Extent:

1 file (50 documents)

78415. Loan 96 RLF 5/6/10

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/6/10
Title:
Collector – Mr Charles Oliver
Scope & Content:
Contains letters relating to the security asked of Charles Oliver in order for him to become Collector of the Literary Fund, one from John Gray, one from Oliver himself. Includes a handwritten contents list by Nigel Cross.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1809-19 May 1819
Extent:

1 file (2 documents)

78416. Loan 96 RLF 5/6/11

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/6/11
Title:
Collector – Mr John Hilder
Scope & Content:
Contains applications for the post of Collector of the Literary Fund from A J White (recommended by Samuel Thornton) and John Hilder. Hilder was appointed, with John Clark standing surety (his worth attested to by Henry Pigeon); Hilder’s application was supported by Bingham Richards. The file ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1836-6 Nov 1843
Extent:

1 file (12 documents)

78417. Loan 96 RLF 5/6/12

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/6/12
Title:
Collector – Mr Henry Syer Bristowe
Scope & Content:
Contains an application for the post of Collector of the Literary Fund from Henry Syer Bristowe, supported by F. Massey, John Dalton and Charles Edward Bissett, with John Syer Bristowe and J. Putley standing surety. The file also contains a note by Octavian Blewitt on Bristowe’s appointment, co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1843-9 Feb 1863
Extent:

1 file (14 documents)

78418. Loan 96 RLF 5/6/13

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/6/13
Title:
Collector – Mr Thomas James Blencowe
Scope & Content:
Contains applications for the post of Collector of the Literary Fund from Thomas James Blencowe (supported by [?] Gooch, John Blake Honnywill, Frederick J Turner, Thomas Orgez, T. J Atkins and Daniel Moore), John Rouse (recommended by Henry Reeve), Richard Elkins (recommended by Henry Foss) and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1860-Jun 1865
Extent:

1 file (36 documents)

78419. Loan 96 RLF 5/6/14

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/6/14
Title:
Collector – Mr Frederick William Pellatt
Scope & Content:
Contains an application for the post of Collector of the Literary Fund from Frederick William Pellatt, supported by J. Edward Cox and the Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress, with related letters from William Henry Harrison and Robert Bell. The Committee determined Pellatt suitable and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jan 1865-11 Mar 1875
Extent:

1 file (41 documents)

78420. Loan 96 RLF 5/6/15

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/6/15
Title:
Collector – Mr George Henry Leah
Scope & Content:
Contains two notes by Octavian Blewitt on the selection of George Henry Leah as Collector of the Literary Fund, a letter from Frederic Ouvry and a signed Bond ‘for the faithful performance of Office of Collector.’ Leah succeeded William Nye and preceded A A Ebborn in the role (see Loan 96 RLF 5...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1875-Jan 1876
Extent:

1 file (4 documents)