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Loan 96 RLF 1/1642
Mr James Gilbert

Mr James Gilbert

Applications

2 (0 successful)

Date period

17 Jan 1856-2 Jun 1873

Awards

  • 2 Mar 1864 (rejected)
  • 28 Nov 1871 (rejected)

Other author name(s)

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Author's career

  • Publisher

Author's works published

History : Editions

Also named in file

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Timeline

1864

Application Form, James Gilbert

2 Mar 1864
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James Gilbert to the Committee of the Literary Fund

2 Mar 1864
Loan 96 RLF 1/1642/2
 

J Leake to the Committee of the Literary Fund

2 Mar 1864
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W Johnson to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 Mar 1864
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Gray & Warren to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 Mar 1864
Loan 96 RLF 1/1642/5
1856

Press cuttings – Letters from The Times on a controversy over the ‘corruption of popular school books’ published by James Gilbert (Jan 1856) and clippings on the bankruptcy of John Sutton, who was published by Gilbert (9 Jul 1858-13 May 1859)

17 Jan 1856-13 May 1859
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1864

James Gilbert to the Committee of the Literary Fund, with reply by Octavian Blewitt

14 Mar 1864
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1860

Advertisement for books including Outlines of English History, by Henry Ince, revised by James Gilbert

1860s
Loan 96 RLF 1/1642/8
1864

Doyne C Bell, secretary to Charles Beaumont Phipps, to Octavian Blewitt, seeking information on James Gilbert

17 Mar 1864
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1870

James Gilbert to Octavian Blewitt

14 Oct 1870
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1871

James Gilbert to Octavian Blewitt, with notes by Blewitt

5 May 1871
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Copy of a letter from Octavian Blewitt to James Gilbert

9 May 1871
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James Gilbert to Octavian Blewitt

12 May 1871
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Application Form, James Gilbert

28 Nov 1871
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James Gilbert to the Committee of the Literary Fund

28 Nov 1871
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Francis Warren to the Committee of the Literary Fund

25 Nov 1871
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Francis Warren to James Gilbert

25 Nov 1871
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David Johnson to the Committee of the Literary Fund

28 Nov 1871
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W Kent & Co to the Committee of the Literary Fund

28 Nov 1871
Loan 96 RLF 1/1642/19
 

Octavian Blewitt to James Gilbert

14 Dec 1871
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James Gilbert to Octavian Blewitt

Dec 1871
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1873

Pamphlet by James Gilbert, attacking the Royal Literary Fund

17 May 1873
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Memorandum by Octavian Blewitt, refuting accusations made by James Gilbert

24 May 1873
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Extract from The Bookseller, on James Gilbert’s pamphlet attacking the Literary Fund

2 Jun 1873
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