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231. Loan 96 RLF 5/4/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4/5
Title:
The Marquis of Bute, 1st President
Scope & Content:
Contains a letter from Caleb Whitefoord stating that John Stuart, Marquess of Bute, had accepted the presidency of the Literary Fund ‘provided it was not a troublesome office’ and a letter from Bute communicating the same.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1799
Extent:
1 file (2 documents)

232. Loan 96 RLF 5/4/9

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4/9
Title:
The Earl of Derby, 5th President
Scope & Content:
Contains correspondence from 1875 and 1876 from William Smith and Sir William Frederick Pollock concerned with the election of Edward Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby, as President of the Literary Fund. Also contains letters from William Smith and Howard Smith detailing various candidates proposed ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1875-7 Mar 1903
Extent:
1 file (15 documents)

233. Loan 96 RLF 5/6/17

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/6/17
Title:
Documents relating to the solicitation and collection of subscriptions
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Nov 1797-7 May 1804
Extent:

1 file (8 documents)

234. Loan 96 RLF 5/9/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/9/5
Title:
Address to King William IV on his Accession
Scope & Content:
Contains drafts of an address by the Literary Fund to William IV on his accession to the throne, as well as correspondence relating to this from Joseph Snow, Edward Adolphus St. Maur, Duke of Somerset, John Ilderton Burn, John Caley, John Britton, John Bowyer Nichols, George Woodfall and Edward ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1830-6 Aug 1830
Extent:

1 file (16 documents)

235. Loan 96 RLF 5/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/2/3
Title:
Printers and Estimates for Printing
Scope & Content:
Contains numerous documents detailing the costs of printing the Literary Fund's Annual Reports and the associated discussions. Includes communications with other societies and with printers, reports from sub-committees on costs, and papers relating to a motion put forward by Anthony Trollope in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1841-21 Jan 1881
Extent:
1 file (43 documents)

236. Loan 96 RLF 5/8/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/8/3
Title:
The Savage Club, 6& 7, Adelphi Terrace, W.C.
Scope & Content:
Contains documents relating to the Literary Fund’s residence in 6 & 7 Adelphi Terrace between 1890 and 1899 (although the residence continued until 1905). Includes an agreement between the Literary Fund and William Woodall acting for the Savage Club (who occupied other parts of Adelphi Terr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1890-17 Nov 1899
Extent:

1 file (25 documents)

237. Loan 96 RLF 5/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/1/10
Title:
The Corporate Seal & the Prince Regent's Approval of it
Scope & Content:
Contains correspondence between Thomas Pelham, Earl of Chichester, and Sir Benjamin Bloomfield relating to the Prince Regent's approving in May 1819 a design for the corporate seal of the Literary Fund. Also includes a copy of the design with heraldic description and a letter from Thomas William ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1819-19 Dec 1844
Extent:
1 file (6 documents)

238. Loan 96 RLF 5/3/10

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/3/10
Title:
Literary Fund Club Accounts and Attendance Books for 1815 and 1816
Scope & Content:
Contains two tall, brown-paper-bound notebooks detailing the costs of and those present at Literary Fund Club dinners from late 1814 into 1816.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1814-1816
Extent:
1 file (2 documents)

239. Loan 96 RLF 5/10/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/10/6
Title:
Cases Referred by the Queen Dowager
Scope & Content:
Contains a letter to Octavian Blewitt on behalf of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen Dowager, requesting information on an applicant for her aid.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1846
Extent:

1 file (1 document)

240. Loan 96 RLF 5/4/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan 96 RLF 5/4/6
Title:
The Duke of Somerset, 2nd President
Scope & Content:
Contains a letter from Edward Adolphus St. Maur, Duke of Somerset, resigning from the Presidency of the Literary Fund, a second letter stating his willingness to receive a deputation from the Committee and a later correspondence between the Duke and Octavian Blewitt in which Blewitt thanks the D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1837-8 Jun 1840
Extent:
1 file (4 documents)

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