Case file
Loan 96 RLF 1/1785
Mr (Edward James) Mortimer Collins, and Mrs Frances Collins, his widow
Mr Mortimer Collins
Applications
4 (3 successful)
Date period
10 Jun 1865-15 Nov 1877
Awards
- 20 Apr 1867 (withdrawn)
- 22 May 1869 (£80)
- 20 May 1874 (£50)
- 22 Jan 1877 (£50 - to Frances Collins)
Other author name(s)
(aka) Edward James Mortimer Collins
Author's career
- Journalist for the Leamington Mercury and the Plymouth Mail
- Editor of the Nottingham Guardian
Author's works published
Fiction : Novels; also Poetry, Journalism
Also named in file
Mrs Frances Collins (dependent)
More information
Timeline
1865
Press clippings from the Standard on bankruptcy proceedings involving Mortimer Collins
10 Jun 1865-5 Jul 1865
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1867
Mortimer Collins to Octavian Blewitt
20 Apr 1867
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Mortimer Collins to Octavian Blewitt
13 May 1867
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1869
Application Form, Mortimer Collins
22 May 1869
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Mortimer Collins to Octavian Blewitt
22 May 1869
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Robert Hogarth Patterson to Octavian Blewitt
13 May 1869
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James P Steele to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
17 May 1869
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Frances Collins to Octavian Blewitt
Jun 1869
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Mortimer Collins to Octavian Blewitt
8 Jun 1869
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Mortimer Collins to the Committee of the Literary Fund
11 Jun 1869
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Schedule of payments to Mortimer Collins, signed for by Frances Collins
10 Jun 1869-11 Nov 1869
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1874
Application Form, Mortimer Collins
20 May 1874
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Mortimer Collins to the Committee of the Literary Fund
13 May 1874
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Edward Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby, to Octavian Blewitt
9 May 1874
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Edward Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby, to Octavian Blewitt
15 May 1874
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Mortimer Collins to Octavian Blewitt
25 May 1874
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James Howard Harris, Earl of Malmesbury, to the Committee of the Literary Fund
30 May 1874
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Byron Blewitt to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate
3 Jun 1874
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Henry Frowde to the Committee of the Literary Fund
3 Jun 1874
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Frances Collins to Octavian Blewitt
17 Jun 1874
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Mortimer Collins to the Committee of the Literary Fund
19 Jun 1874
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Mortimer Collins to Octavian Blewitt
1 Oct 1874
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Frances Collins to Octavian Blewitt
13 Oct 1874
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Mortimer Collins to Octavian Blewitt, with a note by Octavian Blewitt on his and his wife’s income and expensive tastes
Oct 1874
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Schedule of payments to Mortimer Collins, one signed for by Frances Collins
11 Jun 1874-15 Oct 1874
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1876
Memorial notice from Punch for Mortimer Collins, with smaller cutting on a fund being raised for Frances Collins
12 Aug 1876
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1877
Application Form, Frances Collins
22 Jan 1877
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Frances Collins to Octavian Blewitt
16 Jan 1877
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Frances Collins to the Committee of the Literary Fund
31 Jan 1877
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Samuel Ralph Townshend Meyer to Octavian Blewitt
31 Jan 1877
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Samuel Ralph Townshend Meyer to Octavian Blewitt
1 Feb 1877
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Henry Frowde to the Committee of the Literary Fund
5 Feb 1877
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Frances Collins to the Committee of the Literary Fund
24 Feb 1877
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Schedule of payments to Frances Collins
15 Feb 1877-15 Nov 1877
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Copy of marriage certificate for Mortimer Collins and Frances Collins (née Dunn), dated 4 May 1868
26 Jan 1877
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