Case file
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Reverend William Henry Maxwell, and Mrs Mary Dobbin Maxwell, his widow
Reverend William Henry Maxwell
Applications
3 (1 successful)
Date period
13 May 1847-20 Feb 1851
Awards
- 21 May 1847 (eventual result was rejection - Committee overruled by Council)
- Dec 1847 (rejected)
- 3 Feb 1851 (£50 - to Mary Dobbin Maxwell)
Other author name(s)
-
Author's career
- Prebendiary of Balla
- Justice of the Peace
Author's works published
Fiction : also Journalism, Non-Fiction, Sport, History
Also named in file
Mrs Mary Dobbin Maxwell (dependent)
Timeline
1847
Application Form, William Henry Maxwell – endorsed by Francis Higginson, J H Haddon and William Harrison Ainsworth
21 May 1847
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William Henry Maxwell to Octavian Blewitt
1 Jun 1847
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Francis Higginson to Octavian Blewitt
13 May 1847
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William Henry Maxwell to Octavian Blewitt, with Blewitt’s reply
12 Jun 1847
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Octavian Blewitt to William Henry Maxwell
14 Jun 1847
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William Henry Maxwell to Octavian Blewitt
17 Jun 1847
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Press cuttings from The Times, the Morning Chronicle and the Daily News about Debtors’ Court proceedings involving William Henry Maxwell, including details of his literary earnings
13 May 1847-28 Jan 1848
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William Henry Maxwell to Octavian Blewitt
Dec 1847
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Octavian Blewitt to William Henry Maxwell, with clipping an obituary for Maxwell from The Times on reverse
9 Dec 1847-15 Jan 1851
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1851
Application Form, Mary Dobbin Maxwell – endorsed by John Dodds, William Robertson, John D Campbell and George Robertson, with note by Octavian Blewitt on reverse confirming valid marriage certificate was produced
3 Feb 1851
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Copy of a burial certificate for William Henry Maxwell
25 Jan 1851
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Mary Dobbin Maxwell to Octavian Blewitt
3 Feb 1851
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John D Campbell to Octavian Blewitt
1 Feb 1851
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Henry Sanderson to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate
1 Feb 1851
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Richard Bentley to the Committee of the Literary Fund
1 Feb 1851
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George Robertson to Octavian Blewitt
3 Feb 1851
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William Robertson to Octavian Blewitt
3 Feb 1851
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Robert Story to Octavian Blewitt
3 Feb 1851
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Mary Dobbin Maxwell to the Committee of the Literary Fund
20 Feb 1851
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