Contains documents pertaining to a contingent legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by Charles Mears, bell founder, including details from his will and a letter from Frederic Ouvry.
Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by Beriah Botfield, including details from his will and letters from his estate’s solicitors.
Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by William Fairholt, including details from his will and letters from Frederic Ouvry, Octavian Blewitt, Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl Stanhope, Henry Ellis and William Frederick Pollock.
Contains documents pertaining to a legacy bequeathed to the Literary Fund by Jewer Henry Jewer, including details from his will and letters from Thomas Marr Johnson and Octavian Blewitt.
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 Ann Elisabeth Watts, including details from her will and letters from Frederic Ouvry and the solicitors handling her estate.
Contains documents relating to the Literary Fund’s residence in Denison House between 1905 and 1921. Includes 1902 and 1903 correspondence from Charles Stewart Loch of the Charity Organisation Society relating to a shared Societies’ House, 1905 letters from F Thurston on the progress of this en...
Contains correspondence about subscriptions and donations from or regarding individuals with surnames beginning with I or J. Correspondents include Charles James, George Payne Rainsford James, E Jones, Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, John Mounteney Jephson, Francis Jacox, William Smith and Henry Jephson.
Contains correspondence about subscriptions and donations from or regarding individuals with surnames beginning with U or V. Correspondents include James Sprent Virtue, Coutts & Co (for Elizabeth Van De Weyer), Henry Vaughan, Victor W B Van De Veyer and Arthur Vaizey.
Contains letters, printed documents and receipts relating to donations to the Literary Fund from the Percy Society on its being wound up. Also contains lists of the society’s members and publications and details of its accounts.