Janus: Papers of Thomas Clarkson

St John's Library/Clarkson/Folder 1-5 contains:
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Doc 8	Autograph letter, signed, in French, from Brissot de Warville, to Thomas Clarkson, from Paris
Doc 9	Autograph letter, signed, from Brissot de Warville, to Thomas Clarkson, from Paris
Doc 10	Autograph letter, signed, from Brissot de Warville, to Thomas Clarkson, from Paris
Doc 11	Autograph letter, signed, from Brissot de Warville, to Thomas Clarkson, from Paris
Doc 12	Autograph letter, signed, from Brissot de Warville, to Thomas Clarkson, from Paris
Doc 13	Autograph letter, signed, from Brissot de Warville, to Thomas Clarkson, from Paris
Doc 14	Autograph letter, signed, from Brissot de Warville, to Thomas Clarkson, from Paris
Doc 15	Autograph letter, signed, from Brissot de Warville, to Thomas Clarkson, from Paris
Doc 16	Autograph letter, signed, from Brissot de Warville, to Thomas Clarkson, from Paris
Doc 17	Autograph letter, signed, in French, from P. Lepage, Treasurer of the Societe des Amis des Noirs, to Thomas Clarkson, from Paris
Doc 18	Autograph letter, signed, in French, from Francois Lanthenas, to Thomas Clarkson, from Paris
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Papers of Thomas Clarkson

Title	Autograph letter, signed, from Brissot de Warville, to Thomas Clarkson, from Paris
Reference	Doc 13
Covering Dates	29 March 1790
Extent and Medium	2p; paper

Content and context

Discusses the enactment of the Instruction for Colonial Government, and the place of 'gens de couleur' in it. It is intended to send fifty copies of Petion's printed speech to Clarkson, and to disseminate one thousand copies of Mirabeau's speech. Treasurer of the Societe Le Page is writing with details of expenses, the Societe appeals to Clarkson for financial help in its distress. Brissot enquires about the relation of the St. George's Bay Company with the settlement of Sharp, and the other independent company for Sierra Leone.

Bought from R. Myers & Co., 1949

Index Terms

Clarkson, Thomas (1760-1846) slavery abolitionist

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