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Loan 96 RLF 1/1474
Mr William Henry Davenport Adams, and Mrs Sarah Esther Davenport Adams, his widow

Mr William Henry Davenport Adams

Applications

13 (13 successful)

Date period

6 Apr 1858-11 Jan 1894

Awards

  • 4 May 1858 (£20)
  • 26 Dec 1859 (£30)
  • 4 Nov 1861 (£30)
  • 29 Jun 1863 (£20)
  • 28 Nov 1865 (£30)
  • 2 Nov 1872 (£30)
  • 2 Feb 1877 (£40)
  • 30 Mar 1878 (deferred
  • then £25)
  • 3 Nov 1879 (£25)
  • 5 Jun 1883 (£25)
  • 5 Jan 1885 (£20)
  • 4 Oct 1887 (deferred twice
  • then £25)
  • 2 Jan 1894 (£60 - to Sarah Esther Davenport Adams)

Other author name(s)

 - 

Author's career

  • Editor of the Scottish Guardian and the London Journal
  • Proof reader for Messrs Black, Blackie
  • Son and Nelson
  • Sons

Author's works published

Various : History, Journalism, Non-Fiction, Topography, Criticism, Military, Biography, Editions, Translations, Children's Writing, Travel Writing

Also named in file

Mrs Sarah Esther Davenport Adams (dependent)

More information

Wikipedia
Oxford Dictionary of National Biograpy

Timeline

1858

Application Form, William Henry Davenport Adams

4 May 1858
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/1
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Octavian Blewitt

6 Apr 1858
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/2
 

Sir Augustus Clifford to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1 May 1858
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/3
 

Thomas Webster to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 May 1858
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/4
 

Receipt, signed William Henry Davenport Adams

13 May 1858
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/5
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund

14 May 1858
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/6
1859

Application Form, William Henry Davenport Adams

26 Dec 1859
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/7
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Octavian Blewitt

26 Dec 1859
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/8
 

John C Davie to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

18 Dec 1859
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/9
 

Benjamin Webster to the Committee of the Literary Fund

27 Dec 1859
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/10
 

William McMurray to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

27 Dec 1859
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/11
 

Sir Augustus Clifford to Octavian Blewitt

28 Dec 1859
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/12
 

Bradbury & Evans to the Committee of the Literary Fund

28 Dec 1859
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/13
 

Shirley Brooks to Octavian Blewitt

30 Dec 1859
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/14
1860

Receipt, signed Elizabeth Mary Adams for William Henry Davenport Adams

Jan 1860
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/15
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Octavian Blewitt

15 Jan 1860
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/16
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund

20 Jan 1860
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/17
1861

Application Form, William Henry Davenport Adams

4 Nov 1861
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/18
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Octavian Blewitt

4 Nov 1861
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/19
 

Sir Augustus Clifford to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 Nov 1861
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/20
 

Fisher & Sons to the Committee of the Literary Fund

7 Nov 1861
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/21
 

Receipt, signed Elizabeth Mary Adams for William Henry Davenport Adams

14 Nov 1861
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/22
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund

15 Nov 1861
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/23
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Octavian Blewitt

15 Nov 1861
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/24
1863

Application Form, William Henry Davenport Adams

29 Jun 1863
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/25
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Octavian Blewitt

29 Jun 1863
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/26
 

Sir Augustus Clifford to the Committee of the Literary Fund

6 Jul 1863
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/27
 

James Hogg & Sons to the Committee of the Literary Fund

6 Jul 1863
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/28
 

Receipt, signed William Henry Davenport Adams

9 Jul 1863
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/29
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund

9 Jul 1863
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/30
1865

Application Form, William Henry Davenport Adams

28 Nov 1865
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/31
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund

29 Nov 1865
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/32
 

Gabriel C Gibb to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

22 Nov 1865
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/33
 

George MacLauchlan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

29 Nov 1865
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/34
 

Sir Augustus Clifford to Octavian Blewitt

30 Nov 1865
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/35
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund

15 Dec 1865
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/36
1872

Application Form, William Henry Davenport Adams

2 Nov 1872
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/37
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Octavian Blewitt

2 Nov 1872
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/38
 

George Frederick Boyle, Earl of Glasgow, to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

29 Oct 1872
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/39
 

Thomas Nelson & Sons to Octavian Blewitt

1 Nov 1872
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/40
 

Receipt, signed William Henry Davenport Adams

15 Nov 1872
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/41
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Octavian Blewitt

21 Nov 1872
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/42
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Octavian Blewitt

23 Nov 1872
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/43
1877

Application Form, William Henry Davenport Adams

2 Feb 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/44
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Octavian Blewitt

2 Feb 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/45
 

George Frederick Boyle, Earl of Glasgow, to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

16 Jan 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/46
 

J C Deans to the Committee of the Literary Fund

19 Jan 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/47
 

Sir Augustus Clifford to the Committee of the Literary Fund

24 Jan 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/48
 

Thomas Nelson & Sons to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

25 Jan 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/49
 

List of works by William Henry Davenport Adams sent to the Literary Fund for inspection

1 Feb 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/50
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Octavian Blewitt

16 Feb 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/51
1878

Application Form, William Henry Davenport Adams

30 Mar 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/52
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Octavian Blewitt

18 Mar 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/53
 

Henry Cotterill to the Committee of the Literary Fund

20 Mar 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/54
 

William Mitchell to the Committee of the Literary Fund

23 Mar 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/55
 

Thomas Nelson & Sons to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

28 Mar 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/56
 

George Frederick Boyle, Earl of Glasgow, to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

29 Mar 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/57
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund

30 Mar 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/58
 

Thomas Nelson & Sons to Octavian Blewitt, enclosing books

3 Apr 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/59
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund

30 Apr 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/60
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Octavian Blewitt

12 Apr 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/61
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund

17 May 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/62
1879

Application Form, William Henry Davenport Adams

3 Nov 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/63
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 Nov 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/64
 

James F Montgomery to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1 Nov 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/65
 

Robert Eden, Bishop of Moray, to the Committee of the Literary Fund

7 Nov 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/66
 

Henry Cotterill, Bishop of Edinburgh, to the Committee of the Literary Fund

Nov 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/67
 

George Frederick Boyle, Earl of Glasgow, to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

8 Nov 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/68
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund

14 Nov 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/69
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Octavian Blewitt

15 Nov 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/70
 

Octavian Blewitt to William Henry Davenport Adams

15 Nov 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/71
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Octavian Blewitt

16 Nov 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/72
1881

Edward Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby, to Octavian Blewitt, enquiring about William Henry Davenport Adams

21 Apr 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/73
 

Edward Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby, to Octavian Blewitt

23 Apr 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/74
1882

Walter Besant to Octavian Blewitt, enclosing a letter from William Henry Davenport Adams

3 Jan 1882
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/75
1881

William Henry Davenport Adams to Walter Besant

31 Dec 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/76
1882

Charles Stewart Loch, of the Charity Organization Society, to Octavian Blewitt

20 Apr 1882
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/77
1879

Biographical entry for William Henry Davenport Adams from The Literary World

12 Apr 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/78
1882

Frederick Locker-Lampson to Octavian Blewitt

6 Jun 1882
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/79
1883

Application Form, William Henry Davenport Adams

6 Jun 1883
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/80
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund

6 Jun 1883
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/81
 

Henry Philpott, Bishop of Worcester, to the Committee of the Literary Fund

6 Jun 1883
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/82
 

J C Deans to the Committee of the Literary Fund

9 Jun 1883
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/83
 

Henry Cotterill, Bishop of Edinburgh, to the Committee of the Literary Fund

11 Jun 1883
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/84
1884

John Walter to Octavian Blewitt, enquiring about William Henry Davenport Adams

4 Nov 1884
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/85
1885

Application Form, William Henry Davenport Adams

5 Jan 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/86
1884

William Henry Davenport Adams to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

26 Dec 1884
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/87
1885

William Henry Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund

5 Jan 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/88
 

J C Deans to the Committee of the Literary Fund

2 Jan 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/89
 

Henry Cotterill, Bishop of Edinburgh, to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 Jan 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/90
 

John Hogg to the Committee of the Literary Fund

5 Jan 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/91
1884

Catalogue of books published by John Hogg, including works by William Henry Davenport Adams

1884
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/92
1885

William Henry Davenport Adams to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

6 Jan 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/93
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

16 Jan 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/94
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund

16 Jan 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/95
 

Printed list of works by William Henry Davenport Adams

1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/96
1887

Application Form, William Henry Davenport Adams

4 Oct 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/97
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 Oct 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/98
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

3 Oct 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/99
 

Henry Philpott, Bishop of Worcester, to the Committee of the Literary Fund

19 Sep 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/100
 

Charles Evans to the Committee of the Literary Fund

19 Sep 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/101
 

Sir Richard Temple to the Committee of the Literary Fund

22 Sep 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/102
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

31 Oct 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/103
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund

31 Oct 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/104
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

5 Nov 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/105
 

Arthur Llewelyn Roberts to William Henry Davenport Adams

11 Nov 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/106
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

Nov 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/107
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 Dec 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/108
 

J C Deans to the Committee of the Literary Fund

5 Dec 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/109
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

10 Dec 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/110
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

31 Dec 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/111
1888

William Henry Davenport Adams to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

3 Jan 1888
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/112
 

Cordley Bradford to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 Jan 1888
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/113
 

Ward & Downey to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

11 Jan 1888
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/114
 

Ward & Downey to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

11 Jan 1888
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/115
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

Jan 1888
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/116
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

14 Jan 1888
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/117
 

William Henry Davenport Adams to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

Jan 1888
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/118
 

Printed list of publications by William Henry Davenport Adams

1888
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/119
1894

Application Form, Sarah Esther Davenport Adams

2 Jan 1894
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/120
 

Sarah Esther Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1 Jan 1894
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/121
1893

E Lynn Linton to the Committee of the Literary Fund

29 Dec 1893
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/122
 

Algernon Charles Swinburne and Theodore Watts to the Committee of the Literary Fund

31 Dec 1893
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/123
1894

Receipt, signed Sarah Esther Davenport Adams

11 Jan 1894
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/124
 

Sarah Esther Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund

11 Jan 1894
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/125
 

Sarah Esther Davenport Adams to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

11 Jan 1894
Loan 96 RLF 1/1474/126
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