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Loan 96 RLF 3/4
- Record Id:
- 040-000786157
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000786153
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001201.0x000368
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Loan 96 RLF 3/4
- Title:
- Royal Literary Fund Annual Reports Vol. IV
- Scope & Content:
-
Bound volume containing the reports for 1821-1827 inclusive.
The following reports all contain 'Of the Origin, Progress, and Operations of the Society', by Charles Symmons, James Anderson and John Bowyer Nichols, dated 3 Mar 1821, the 'Charter of the Society' and the 'Bye-Laws of the Society.' Each report also lists the Fund’s officers (Patron, President, Vice-Presidents, Council, Committee, Treasurers, Registrars, Auditors and the Clerk) and gives details of annual and life subscribers and other donors, along with details of their financial contributions. Reports also contain an abstract of the Fund’s cash account.
Additional content, mainly poetry, and changes to the above contents are described below:
1821 (66 pp. + 8 pp.): 'A Poem for the Anniversary of the Literary Fund, at Freemason's Hall, 10 May 1821' by William Thomas Fitzgerald (additional 8 pp.)
1822 (73 pp. + 9 pp. + 8pp. + 2 pp.): 'Report of the Registrars of the Literary Fund Society', by Charles Symmons, James Anderson and John Bowyer Nichols, dated May 21 1822; Poems by William Thomas Fitzgerald (additional 9 pp.), Charles Symmons, (additional 8 pp.) and J S (additional 2 pp.)
1823 (79 pp. + 4 pp.): 'Report of the Registrars of the Literary Fund Society', by Charles Symmons, James Anderson and John Bowyer Nichols, dated May 21 1822; 'Anniversary Poem for the Literary Fund Society, written in the year 1799,' by William Thomas Fitzgerald, as performed in 1823 (additional 4 pp.)
1824 (68 pp. + 4 pp.): 'Verses in Honour of His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Fourth, the Illustrious Patron of the Literary Fund', by Sir William Ashburnham (additional 4 pp.)
1825 (70 pp. + 4 pp.): 'Anniversary Poem for the Literary Fund Society, written and recited by William Thomas Fitzgerald at Freemason's Hall,' 11 May 1825 (additional 4 pp.)
1826 (72 pp.): (no additional content)
1827 (64 pp.): This report does not contain the report by Symmons, Anderson and Nichols or the Charter, replacing them with an Address detailing the Fund’s purposes and circumstances
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Literary Fund
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000680576
036-000786153
040-000786157 - Is part of:
- Loan 96 RLF : Archive of the Royal Literary Fund
Loan 96 RLF 3 : Royal Literary Fund - Annual Reports
Loan 96 RLF 3/4 : Royal Literary Fund Annual Reports Vol. IV - Hierarchy:
- 032-000680576[0003]/036-000786153[0004]/040-000786157
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Loan 96 RLF
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1821
- End Date:
- 1827
- Date Range:
- 1821-1827
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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