Contains a correspondence between Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl Stanhope, and Octavian Blewitt relating to the former’s election as President of the Literary Fund.
Contains a letter from the Clerk to the Charity Commisioners to the Secretary of the Literary Fund (13 May 1836), a response from Cusack Patrick Roney (23 May 1836), a copy of Octavian Blewitt's response to a Charity Commission enquiry (24 Mar 1869) and a further note to Blewitt (6 Dec 1872).
Contains a document setting out the procedures for the Literary Fund’s dining club, detailing times, commitments and means of election. Signed by Thomas Williams, James Bland Burges, Richard Joseph Sullivan, John Symmons, William Salte, Miles Peter Andrews, William Boscawen, Richard Yates, Willi...
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 an 1805 letter from ‘the new proprietor of the Critical Review’ letters from 1807 and 1814 from James Christie and an 1825 letter from Cesar Moreau, all offering works for the library of the Literary Fund.
Contains a draft of an address by the Literary Fund to ‘the Ambassador from the State of Tripoli to the Court of G.B.’, with a note addressed from Charles Symmons to John Bowyer Nichols, and a letter from Edward Adolphus St. Maur, Duke of Somerset, enclosing the Ambassador’s reply, a letter tran...
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 and documents relating to an investigation into the conduct of William Jerdan with respect to his receiving money on behalf of the Literary Fund.