Case file
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Mr Robert Pearce Gillies, and his daughter, Miss Eliza Maria Gillies
Mr Robert Pearce Gillies
Applications
5 (5 successful)
Date period
22 Sep 1830-29 Sep 1866
Awards
- 20 Jun 1831 (£30)
- Apr 1838 (£35)
- 2 Nov 1846 (£40)
- 2 Jan 1850 (£20)
- 17 Nov 1859 (£25 - to Eliza Maria Gillies)
Other author name(s)
-
Author's career
- Advocate
- Editor of the Foreign Quarterly Review
Author's works published
Poetry : also Fiction, Memoir, Journalism
Also named in file
Miss Eliza Maria Gillies (dependent)
Timeline
1831
Robert Pearce Gillies to John Ilderton Burn
20 Jun 1831
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John Ilderton Burn to Joseph Snow
20 Jun 1831
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1830
Printed Summary Statement by Robert Peace Gillies, detailing his arrest for debt
22 Sep 1830-4 Jun 1831
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1831
Robert Pearce Gillies to Joseph Snow
3 Nov 1831
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1838
Robert Pearce Gillies to the Committee of the Literary Fund, including a list of his works
Apr 1838
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W M Boyton to William Jerdan
Apr 1838
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Robert Pearce Gillies to Whittington Henry Landon, with receipt signed Thomas Simpson for Robert Pearce Gillies
12 Apr 1838
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1846
Application Form, Robert Pearce Gillies – endorsed by C G Stuart Menteath, William Hamilton, David James Paterson and John Vernon
2 Nov 1846
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Robert Pearce Gillies to the Committee of the Literary Fund
2 Nov 1846
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Robert Pearce Gillies to the Committee of the Literary Fund, witnessed by William Hamilton
23 Jul 1846
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Edmund Spencer to Robert Pearce Gillies
19 Oct 1846
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1847
William Hamilton to the Committee of the Literary Fund
[16 Jun 1847]
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1846
William Beattie to Octavian Blewitt
1846
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David James Paterson to Robert Pearce Gillies
22 Oct 1846
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Robert Pearce Gillies to Octavian Blewitt
14 Nov 1846
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William Hamilton to Octavian Blewitt
15 Nov 1846
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1848
Printed leaflet advertising for subscriptions for Robert Pearce Gillies and his family
20 May 1848
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Press cuttings on insolvency proceedings pursued against Robert Pearce Gillies
9 May 1848-18 Nov 1848
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1850
Application Form, Robert Pearce Gillies – endorsed by Thomas Roscoe, Cosmo Orme and Richard Bentley
2 Jan 1850
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Robert Pearce Gillies to the Committee of the Literary Fund
2 Jan 1850
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1849
C B Wilson to Robert Pearce Gillies
30 Dec 1849
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1850
Henry Charles Howard, Eral of Arundel, to Octavian Blewitt
24 Jan 1850
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Thomas Roscoe to the Committee of the Literary Fund
12 Jan 1850
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Receipt, signed Robert Pearce Gillies
10 Jan 1850
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Robert Pearce Gillies to the Committee of the Literary Fund
12 Jan 1850
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Henry Charles Howard, Eral of Arundel, to Octavian Blewitt
13 Jan 1850
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1851
Sir Robert Inglis to Octavian Blewitt, seeking information on Robert Pearce Gillies
6 Jul 1851
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1859
Application Form, Eliza Maria Gillies
17 Nov 1859
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Copy of marriage certificate for Robert Pearce Gillies and Emily McDonell Birrington
9 Dec 1859
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Eliza Maria Gillies to the Committee of the Literary Fund
17 Nov 1859
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Richard Bentley to Octavian Blewitt
22 Sep 1859
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1860
George Bentley to Octavian Blewitt
2 Jan 1860
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Eliza Maria Gillies to the Committee of the Literary Fund
19 Jan 1860
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Schedule of payments to Eliza Maria Gillies
13 Jan 1860-12 Sep 1861
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Richard Bentley to Octavian Blewitt
16 Jan 1860
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1866
William J Thomas to Octavian Blewitt, inquiring about the date of Robert Pearce Gillies’ death
29 Sep 1866
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