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Case file

Loan 96 RLF 1/1220
Mr George Stephens, and Mrs Ellen Stephens, his widow

Mr George Stephens

Applications

3 (3 successful)

Date period

14 Apr 1849-15 Mar 1878

Awards

  • 1 May 1849 (£45)
  • 6 Feb 1851 (£40)
  • 5 Nov 1851 (£25 - to Ellen Stephens)

Other author name(s)

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Author's career

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Author's works published

Drama : also Fiction, Poetry

Also named in file

Mrs Ellen Stephens (dependent)

Timeline

1849

Application Form, George Stephens – endorsed by Richard Henry Hengist Horne and Matthew Norton

1 May 1849
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/1
 

Richard Henry Hengist Horne to Octavian Blewitt

29 Apr 1849
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/2
 

Matthew Norton to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1 May 1849
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/3
 

Printed copy of an affidavit relating to a dispute between George Stephens and W E Richards, his brother-in-law, over Hugh Stephens’ will

14 Apr 1849
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/4
 

Receipt, signed Ellen Stephens for George Stephens

10 May 1849
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/5
 

George Stephens to the Committee of the Literary Fund

10 May 1849
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/6
1850

George Stephens to Octavian Blewitt

23 Feb 1850
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/7
 

Printed notice of a benefit performance on behalf of George Stephens, with list of supporters

12 Jul 1850
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/8
1851

Application Form, George Stephens – endorsed by John Westland Marston, Henry Spicer, John Abraham Heraud and Bayle Bernard

4 Feb 1851
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/9
1852

George Stephens to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1 Feb 1852
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/10
1851

John Westland Marston to the Committee of the Literary Fund

28 Jan 1851
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/11
 

Henry Spicer to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1 Feb 1851
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/12
 

John Abraham Heraud to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 Feb 1851
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/13
 

Receipt, signed Ellen Stephens for George Stephens

13 Feb 1851
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/14
 

George Stephens to the Committee of the Literary Fund

14 Feb 1851
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/15
1857

Application Form, Ellen Stephens – endorsed by Henry Spicer, Richard Henry Hengist Horne and Frederick Guest Tomlins, with note by Octavian Blewitt on reverse confirming valid marriage certificate was produced

5 Nov 1857
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/16
 

Ellen Stephens to the Committee of the Literary Fund

Nov 1857
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/17
 

Henry Spicer to Octavian Blewitt

Nov 1857
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/18
 

Receipt, signed Ellen Stephens [misdated?]

17 Oct 1857
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/19
 

Ellen Stephens to the Committee of the Literary Fund

18 Nov 1857
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/20
1850

E V Stephens to Octavian Blewitt

1850s
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/21
1858

Printed letter advertising a public subscription for Ellen Stephens

18 May 1858
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/22
 

Miss Field to Sir Henry Ellis, with reply by Octavian Blewitt

6 Feb 1858
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/23
1870

Harriet Marden to Octavian Blewitt

1870s
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/24
1878

E V Stephens to Octavian Blewitt

14 Mar 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/25
 

Octavian Blewitt to E V Stephens

15 Mar 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1220/26
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