The Royal Literary Fund,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 10331E.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004558327
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1780-1807 /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Papers relating to the Royal Literary Fund: 'Fundamental Rules of the Literary Fund Club'; 'Plan of an Academy of Belles Lettres established at the Pantheon in 1780'; orders of toasts at anniversaries of the Fund, 1797, 1799, 1800, 1802, and one undated; a receipt for a subscription by James Greene, 1797; a receipt by R. G. Ashley in respect of entertainment, 1800; a draft advertisement of The Review, 1801; a contract for painting the House in Gerrard Street, 1807; letters from J. Davis, 2 Grays Inn Terrace, William Thomas Fitzgerald, J. M. Mahon, Cheltenham, 1805, and Charles Symmons, 1807, to David Williams; a draft address to the Prince of Wales from the President and committee of the Literary Fund; and three draft letters by David Williams, 1786-1807, one being addressed to Lieutenant-General Melvill.

Note

Title based on contents.

Formerly Dr T. W. Thomas MS 1.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 10331E.

Other Finding Aids

Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 213.

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