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- 1780-1807 / (Creation)
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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.
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English.
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Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 213.
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Formerly Dr T. W. Thomas MS 1.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 10331E.
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- Royal Literary Fund (Subject)
- Royal Literary Fund (Subject)
- Williams, David, 1738-1816 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Greene, James, fl. 1797 (Subject)
- Ashley, Richard Godfrey, 1774-1836 (Subject)
- Davis, J., Grays Inn Terrace, London (Subject)
- Fitzgerald, William Thomas, 1759?-1829. (Subject)
- Mahon, J. M., Cheltenham (Subject)
- Symmons, Charles, 1749-1826. (Subject)
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 (Subject)
- Melville, Robert, 1723-1809 (Subject)