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Loan 96 RLF 1/863
Dr Daniel Spillan, and Mrs Ellen Mary Spillan, his widow

Dr Daniel Spillan

Applications

10 (6 successful)

Date period

1836-1850s

Awards

  • 5 Nov 1836 (£20)
  • 15 May 1839 (£25)
  • 8 Jan 1842 (£30)
  • 10 Mar 1845 (£40)
  • 4 Nov 1846 (£30)
  • 4 Nov 1847 (£30)
  • 3 Mar 1849 (-)
  • 1 Apr 1851 (-)
  • 9 Mar 1853 (-)
  • Oct 1854 (Ellen Spillan; 'no proof of marriage')

Other author name(s)

 - 

Author's career

  • M.D.
  • Fellow of the Dublin College of Physicians

Author's works published

Medical : also Non-Fiction, Classics

Also named in file

Mrs Ellen Mary Spillan (dependent)

Timeline

1836

Daniel Spillan to the Committee of the Literary Fund, including a list of his works and endorsed by A Billing

5 Nov 1836
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Daniel Spillan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

11 Nov 1836
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1839

Daniel Spillan to the Committee of the Literary Fund, endorsed by James Johnson

15 May 1839
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Receipt, signed Daniel Spillan

14 Jun 1839
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1842

Application Form, Daniel Spillan – endorsed by James Johnson and A Billing

8 Jan 1842
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Daniel Spillan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

6 Jan 1842
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Receipt, signed Daniel Spillan

13 Jan 1842
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Daniel Spillan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

17 Jan 1842
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1845

Application Form, Daniel Spillan – endorsed by James Johnson and R Willis

10 Mar 1845
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Daniel Spillan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

10 Mar 1845
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James Johnson to Octavian Blewitt

11 Mar 1845
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F Redwood to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

11 Mar 1845
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R Willis to Octavian Blewitt

12 Mar 1845
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Receipt, signed Daniel Spillan

13 Mar 1845
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Daniel Spillan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

15 Mar 1845
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Printed sheet of testimonials for Daniel Spillan, by Francis Sadlier, Robert Kanes, Jonathan Osborne, Robert Law, Henry Griffin, William Henry Porter, Thomas Luby, Joseph Henderson Singer, Henry Harte, Arthur Jacob, Robert Harrison, Charles Lendrick and John Crampton

1845
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1846

Application Form, Daniel Spillan – endorsed by Peter Mageniss and Francis H Ramadge

4 Nov 1846
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Daniel Spillan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 Nov 1846
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W Bolger to Octavian Blewitt

6 Nov 1846
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Receipt, signed Daniel Spillan

11 Nov 1846
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Daniel Spillan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 Dec 1846
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1847

Application Form, Daniel Spillan – endorsed by Peter Mageniss and Richard Quain

4 Nov 1847
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Daniel Spillan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 Nov 1847
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Daniel Spillan to Octavian Blewitt

Nov 1847
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Ellen Spillan to Octavian Blewitt

24 Nov 1847
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Daniel Spillan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

14 Dec 1847
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Daniel Spillan to Octavian Blewitt

14 Dec 1847
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Schedule of payments to Daniel Spillan

25 Nov 1847-31 Dec 1847
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Octavian Blewitt to Daniel Spillan

14 Dec 1847
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Daniel Spillan to Octavian Blewitt

14 Dec 1847
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Daniel Spillan to Octavian Blewitt

Dec 1847
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Ellen Spillan to Octavian Blewitt

20 Dec 1847
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1849

Application Form, Daniel Spillan – endorsed by Edward Rigby, Richard Quain and Thomas Smythe

3 Mar 1849
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Daniel Spillan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

7 Mar 1849
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Daniel Spillan to Octavian Blewitt

28 Feb 1849
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1851

Application Form, Daniel Spillan – endorsed by George Burges and Peter Mageniss

1 Apr 1851
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Daniel Spillan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

2 Apr 1851
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1853

Application Form, Daniel Spillan – endorsed by Edward Rigby and Richard Quain

9 Mar 1853
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Daniel Spillan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

8 Mar 1853
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Edward Rigby to the Committee of the Literary Fund

28 Feb 1853
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1854

Application Form, Ellen Spillan – endorsed by Henry Benshaw, Francis H Ramadge, William Harvey and Richard Quain

Oct 1854
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Ellen Spillan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

30 Oct 1854
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David Jones to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1 Nov 1854
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James and Mary Bray to the Committee of the Literary Fund

23 Jun 1854
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Ellen Spillan to Octavian Blewitt

4 Nov 1854
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Ellen Spillan to Octavian Blewitt

7 Nov 1854
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Ellen Ring to the Committee of the Literary Fund, stating that she was present at the Spillans’ marriage

Nov 1854
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Ellen Spillan to Octavian Blewitt

12 Dec 1854
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1856

John Bowyer Nichols to Octavian Blewitt, with Blewitt’s reply

20 Jun 1856
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John Bowyer Nichols to Octavian Blewitt

29 Jul 1856
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1850

D Spillan (son) to Octavian Blewitt

1850s
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Twelve pasted ‘begging letters’ from D Spillan, Ellen Spillan and John Spillan to Octavian Blewitt, with press clipping from the British Medical Journal cautioning the medical profession against John Spillan, ‘a notorious begging letter impostor’

1850s
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