Janus: Papers of Thomas Clarkson

St John's Library/Clarkson/Folder 1-5 contains:
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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
Doc 19	Autograph letter, signed, from Thomas Clarkson, to Joseph Taylor, Scarborough
Doc 20	Photocopy of autograph letter, signed, recipient unknown (? John Wadkin), from Thomas Clarkson
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Papers of Thomas Clarkson

Title	Autograph letter, signed, from Brissot de Warville, to Thomas Clarkson, from Paris
Reference	Doc 15
Covering Dates	27 May 1790
Extent and Medium	4p; paper

Content and context

Discusses financial needs, and measures taken to meet them from an English bank account, in detail, and warning against various individuals connected with the Societe, including d'Oge, who have been guilty of peculation or treachery. Some pamphlets have been printed for the 'gens de couleur'. Brissot congratulates on the ' victory humanity has gained in the last struggle about the right of declaring war'. He asks for news of Sierra Leone.

Bought from R. Myers & Co., 1949.

Index Terms

Clarkson, Thomas (1760-1846) slavery abolitionist

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