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Contains correspondence from Philip Charles Hardwick, William Frederick Pollock, [?] (at the Charterhouse), Frederic Ouvry on the appointment of William Nye as Collector of the Literary Fund, his bond, and his resignation letters from 1876. Nye was succeeded immediately by George Henry Leah (se...
Documents relating to the solicitation and collection of subscriptions
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Contains documents relating to early arrangements for collecting subscriptions – letters from David Hughes, William Hooper and Arnold Wainewright regarding soliciting and receiving subscriptions in Oxford and Cambridge and a correspondence between Thomas Dale and Robert Mitchell relating to the ...
Contains documentation relating to the succession of houses and chambers which the Literary Fund leased between 1805 and 1872, as well as subsidiary documents on finances, the uses of the houses and on searches for suitable properties. The files are ordered chronologically by the date of the fir...
Contains documents relating to the leasing and upkeep of the Literary Fund’s first house, 36, Gerard Street in Soho, the leasing of which was made possible by a donation from the Prince of Wales. Includes 1805 letters from Edmund Baker to David Williams, Thomas Dale, Benjamin Hobhouse and Richa...
Contains three reports and related correspondence relating to whether a separate House Fund should be used to meet the expenses of the Fund’s accommodation. The first report, by Richard Yates, is from 1808 and accompanied by a letter from Charles Monro. The second, by the Treasurers and Audito...
Contains correspondence relating to organisations wishing to use or given permission to use the Literary Fund’s premises. The file includes correspondence and documentation relating to successful applications from the John Locke’s Monument Committee in 1808, the Prayer Book and Homily Society i...
Contains a letter from John Britton to Benjamin Hobhouse suggesting new premises and offering to superintend the Fund’s house, with a letter from Hobhouse to Richard Yates on his delayed response, asking Yates to thank Britton.
Contains documents relating to the Literary Fund’s short residence at 69, Great Queen Street including letters from the apartment’s owner, C L Birch, and from Daniel Moore, Henry Rhodes and James Christie, as well as a list by Benjamin Ellis of items taken from 36, Gerard Street to 69, Great Que...
Contains documents relating to the Literary Fund’s residence at 4, Lincoln’s Inn Fields between 1820 and 1840. Includes letters from John Britton, Henry Leave, William Mountford Nurse (the property’s owner), James Christie, Philip Reeve, G. Buxton (a neighbour) and Charles Berkeley. Also inclu...
Contains documents relating to the Literary Fund’s twenty-one year lease of 72, Great Russell Street, which commenced in 1840. Includes a copy of the agreement, correspondence from John Mickle (the property’s owner), a solicitor’s letter on the agreement, extracts from the Minutes relating to t...