Resolution on the Death of John Dickinson Esq F.R.S. (Vice President & Registrar)
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Contains a resolution passed by the Committee of the Literary Fund commemorating the late John Dickinson, with letters from his son (also John Dickinson) to the Committee and to Octavian Blewitt.
Address to the Queen on the birth of a Son to the Prince & Princess of Wales
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Contains a draft of an address to Queen Victoria on the birth of Prince Albert Victor, with a letter from Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl Stanhope, to Octavian Blewitt on its presentation, a letter of acknowledgement from Sir George Grey to Stanhope and a clipping from the London Gazette.
Resolution on the Death of H.E.M. Van de Weyer (Vice President)
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Contains a resolution by the Committee of the Literary Fund on the death of Sylvain Van de Weyer, with letters from William Henry Harrison to Octavian Blewitt and Elizabeth Van de Weyer to Philip Henry Stanhope, Earl Stanhope.
Address to the Queen on the Grant of the Crown as an addition to the Armorial Bearings, and of the word Royal to the Title of the Society
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Contains correspondence relating to the Literary Fund’s thanking Queen Victoria for permission to add the crown to the Fund’s armorial bearings and use the sobriquet ‘Royal’, including a draft response and letter by Octavian Blewitt and letters from Henry Wheatley and Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaur...
Resolution of thanks to Sir James Clark, Baronet, M.D. for his services obtaining the Title of Royal & the Grant of the Imperial Crown for the Corporation
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Contains two groups of letters. The first, containing documents dated between 1843 and 1845, includes Fund resolutions and letters from Sir James Clark relating to Clark's successful attempt to obtain for the society the right to add 'Royal' to its title. The papers in the second group, dated bet...
Sir Richard P. Jodrell's Offer of a Prize of £50 for a Poem on the Visit of the Queen of England to the Tomb of Napoleon I
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Correspondence between Sir Richard Paul Jodrell and Octavian Blewitt regarding Jodrell's offer to set up a poetry prize to be administered by the Literary Fund.