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Loan 96 RLF 1/899
Mr William Carpenter, and Mrs Harriet Carpenter, his widow

Mr William Carpenter

Applications

6 (6 successful)

Date period

23 Aug 1837-13 May 1875

Awards

  • 23 Aug 1837 (£10)
  • 2 Apr 1850 (£30)
  • 3 Jul 1861 (£25)
  • 2 Feb 1863 (£25)
  • 29 Nov 1868 (£25)
  • 30 Nov 1874 (£30 - to Harriet Carpenter)

Other author name(s)

 - 

Author's career

  • Editor of The Charter and The Southern Star
  • Writer for The Era, the Court Journal, the Sunday Times and other publications

Author's works published

Journalism : also Religious, Non-Fiction, Politics

Also named in file

Mrs Harriet Carpenter (dependent)

Timeline

1837

William Carpenter to Whittington Henry Landon

23 Aug 1837
Loan 96 RLF 1/899/1
 

J Lee Stevens to William Carpenter

23 Aug 1837
Loan 96 RLF 1/899/2
 

William Carpenter to Whittington Henry Landon

26 Oct 1837
Loan 96 RLF 1/899/3
 

William Carpenter to James Taylor, with a reply from James Taylor

27 Nov 1837
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William Carpenter to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1837
Loan 96 RLF 1/899/5
1850

Application Form, William Carpenter – endorsed by Henry Campkin and James Williamson Brooke

2 Apr 1850
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William Carpenter to the Committee of the Literary Fund

2 Apr 1850
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Henry Bett to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 Apr 1850
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Henry Campkin to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 Apr 1850
Loan 96 RLF 1/899/9
 

James Williamson Brooke to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 Apr 1850
Loan 96 RLF 1/899/10
 

Thomas Richardson to the Committee of the Literary Fund

Apr 1850
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William Carpenter to the Committee of the Literary Fund

23 Apr 1850
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Schedule of payments to William Carpenter, signed for by him and H W Weston

12 Apr 1850-8 Jun 1850
Loan 96 RLF 1/899/13
 

William Carpenter to Octavian Blewitt

Jun 1850
Loan 96 RLF 1/899/14
1855

Press cuttings – reports of bankruptcy proceedings involving William Carpenter, a letter in which he claims to be a medium, a debate in letters with Effingham Wilson about Carpenter’s Perils of Policyholders and an advertisement for his Political Textbook

1855-[Sep 1861]
Loan 96 RLF 1/899/15
1861

Application Form, William Carpenter

3 Jul 1861
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William Carpenter to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 Jul 1861
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Joseph Clayton to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 Jul 1861
Loan 96 RLF 1/899/18
 

James Augustus St John to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 Jul 1861
Loan 96 RLF 1/899/19
 

Edwards Crips to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

5 Jul 1861
Loan 96 RLF 1/899/20
 

Alfred Rodrigues to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 Jul 1861
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Alfred Rodrigues to Octavian Blewitt

6 Jul 1861
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Harriet Carpenter to Octavian Blewitt

6 Jul 1861
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Receipt, signed Harriet Carpenter

11 Jul 1861
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William Carpenter to the Committee of the Literary Fund

12 Jul 1861
Loan 96 RLF 1/899/25
1863

Application Form, William Carpenter – with attached printed list of his works

2 Feb 1863
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William Carpenter to the Committee of the Literary Fund

2 Feb 1863
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A Warrand to the Committee of the Literary Fund

Feb 1863
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Alfred Rodrigues to the Committee of the Literary Fund

31 Jan 1863
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Receipt, signed William Carpenter

12 Feb 1863
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William Carpenter to the Committee of the Literary Fund

24 Feb 1863
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1868

Application Form, William Carpenter

29 Nov 1868
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William Carpenter to the Committee of the Literary Fund

27 Nov 1868
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E F Collins to William Carpenter

10 Nov 1868
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James Grant to the Committee of the Literary Fund

19 Nov 1868
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Printed list of the ‘Literary Occupations and productions of William Carpenter’, with handwritten additions

1868
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Receipt, signed William Carpenter

16 Dec 1868
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William Carpenter to the Committee of the Literary Fund

16 Dec 1868
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1874

Application Form, Harriet Carpenter

30 Nov 1874
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Harriet Carpenter to the Committee of the Literary Fund

30 Nov 1874
Loan 96 RLF 1/899/40
 

Effingham Wilson to Octavian Blewitt

30 Nov 1874
Loan 96 RLF 1/899/41
 

William H Bliss to the Committee of the Literary Fund

30 Nov 1874
Loan 96 RLF 1/899/42
 

John Wethemer to the Committee of the Literary Fund

30 Nov 1874
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Harriet Carpenter to the Committee of the Literary Fund

11 Dec 1874
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Schedule of payments to Harriet Carpenter

10 Dec 1874-13 May 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/899/45
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