Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding Aid mssCN

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Contributing Institution: The Huntington Library
Title: Thomas Clarkson papers
Creator: Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846.
Identifier/Call Number: mssCN
Physical Description: 9 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1787-Approximately 1900
Date (bulk): 1781-1847
Abstract: This collection contains 210 pieces of correspondence, manuscripts, and documents of English abolitionist Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846), chiefly dating from 1787 to 1847 and related to slavery and the slave trade in the United States and Africa, including the Sierra Leone colony; activities of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society; and the private affairs of Clarkson and his family.
Language of Material: English.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Thomas Clarkson papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The bulk of the collection purchased from Eric M. Bonner, 1949.
The following items were purchased from Maggs Bros. (Cat. 811, items 298-300), 1952, and received in library in 1953: CN 31; CN 33; CN 36; CN 38; CN 39; CN 48; CN 51; CN 52; CN 53; CN 56; CN 67; CN 74; CN 89; CN 96; CN 99; CN 117; CN 122; CN 124; CN 125; CN 147; CN 184; CN 191; CN 193; CN 194; CN 196; CN 197; CN 198; CN 200; CN 206.

Biographical / Historical

Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846), the English philanthropist, devoted the major portion of his life to the cause of the abolition of slavery. His energy in organizing anti-slavery societies throughout England helped to arouse the attention of the English people to the inhumanity of the institution of slavery.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, and documents of English abolitionist Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846), chiefly dating from 1787 to 1847 and related to slavery and slave trade in the United States and Africa, including the Sierra Leone Colony; activities of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society; and the private affairs of Thomas Clarkson and his family.
The papers include an unpublished manuscript of Clarkson's "History of the African Institution as connected with the Abolition of Slavery and the Foreign Slave Trade," circa 1839 (CN 33); a speech by Clarkson used in forming anti-slavery committees in 1823-1824 (CN 73); Clarkson's report on Sierra Leone, circa 1792 (CN 54); and "A letter to the Clergy and slave holders in the Southern parts of the United States of America," [1841?] (CN 78); as well as drafts of Clarkson's letters to the Comte de Mirabeau, Alexander I of Russia and others on slavery, and reports and speeches on the subject.
Individuals represented by 3 or more pieces in the collection include: John Beaumont (8 pieces); Charles Buller (3 pieces); Maria Weston Chapman (5 pieces); Thomas Clarkson (48 pieces); Henri Grégoire (4 pieces); William Jay (3 pieces); Gerrit Smith (6 pieces); Joseph Soul (4 pieces); Joseph Sturge (15 pieces); Lewis Tappan (3 pieces); and Henry Clarke Wright (8 pieces).
Notable correspondence in the collection includes:
  1. Thomas Clarkson letter to Comte de Mirabeau with the story of an African sold into slavery, November 13, 1789 (CN 35)
  2. Thomas Clarkson letter to Roberts Vaux regarding the settlement of free blacks from the United States in Haiti, March 8, 1819 (CN 63)
  3. William Buck Cripps letter regarding conditions of settlers and prospects for newcomers in New Brunswick, November 30, 1822 (CN 89)
  4. William Lloyd Garrison letter on slavery in the United States, August 19, 1846 (CN 98)
  5. John Jay letter making Clarkson an honorary member of the New York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, September 1, 1788 (CN 111)
  6. Francis Scott Key letter regarding Americans who plan to visit Sierra Leone, November 8, 1817 (CN 117)
  7. Report by J.W.C. Pennington, a free African American minister, September 25, 1844 (CN 137)
  8. Granville Sharp letter on the formation of the settlement at Sierra Leone, October 13, 1788 (CN 147)
  9. Philip Evan Thomas letter to James Cropper regarding slave labor in the United States, August 22, 1822(CN 182)
  10. John Greenleaf Whittier letter regarding the progress of anti-slavery movements in the United States, July 10, 1844 (CN 190)
  11. Dorothy Wordsworth letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson, May 10, 1808 (CN 201)
This collection complements the Clarkson Papers in the British Library (Add. Mss. 41262-41267). Both groups of papers were consulted by Earl Leslie Griggs in the preparation of his biography, Thomas Clarkson: the Friend of Slaves (London : Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1936).

General

Individual call numbers included in the collection: mssCN 1-210.

Related Materials

  1. Correspondence and papers of Thomas Clarkson, the slave trade abolitionist, and his brother, John Clarkson,   British Library (Add. Mss. 41262-41267)

Existence and Location of Copies

This collection has been digitized in its entirety and the digital reproductions are available in the Huntington Digital Library. 

Arrangement

The collection is chiefly arranged chronologically, followed by 4 pieces of ephemera and 1 volume:
  1. Box 1: 1787-1818
  2. Box 2: 1819-1823
  3. Box 3: 1824-1842
  4. Box 4: 1843-1900 and ephemera
  5. Box 5: [Volume] Accounts of efforts to abolish slavery (approximately 1839).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Abolitionists -- Great Britain -- Correspondence
Antislavery movements -- Great Britain
Antislavery movements -- United States
Slave trade -- Africa.
Slave trade -- Great Britain
Slave trade -- United States
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Sources
Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Sierra Leone -- History -- Sources
Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain
Personal papers -- Great Britain
Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846 -- Archives
Mirabeau, Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti, comte de, 1749-1791 -- Correspondence
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825 -- Correspondence
British and Foreign Anti-slavery Society.
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825
Beaumont, John, active 1841-1842
Buller, Charles, 1774-1848
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
Cropper, James, 1773-1840
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
Grégoire, Henri, 1750-1831
Jay, John, 1745-1829
Jay, William, 1789-1858
Mirabeau, Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti, comte de, 1749-1791
Pennington, James W. C.
Rhoads, Samuel, 1806-1868
Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Soul, Joseph
Sturge, Joseph, 1793-1859
Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873
Thomas, Philip E. (Philip Evan), 1776-1861
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855
Wright, Henry Clarke, 1797-1870

 

Papers

Box 1

1787-1818

Box 1, Folder 1

Ramsay, James. Letter to Samuel Hoare. CN 140 1787, Aug. 11.

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1p. Teston, near Maidstone Kent.
Box 1, Folder 2

Price, Richard. Letter to James Phillips. CN 139 1787, Aug. 23.

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2p. Eastbourne, Sussex.
Box 1, Folder 3

Cartwright, John. Letter to Granville Sharp. CN 23 1787, Oct. 15.

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1p. Marnham, [Notts.].
Box 1, Folder 4

Grigby, Joshua. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson?]. CN 106 1787, Oct. 26.

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2p. Drinkstone, [Suffolk].
Box 1, Folder 5

Lofft, Capel. Letter to Samuel Hoare. CN 123 [17]87, Dec. 23.

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1p.
Box 1, Folder 6

Ramsey, James. Letter to Samuel Hoare. CN 141 1787, Dec. 29.

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1p. Teston, near Maidstone Kent. Enclosed in CN 154.
Box 1, Folder 7

Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves. Extract from minutes. CN 154 1788, Aug. 28.

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2p. New York. Contained enclosure (now CN 141)
Box 1, Folder 8

Jay, John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 111 1788, Sep. 1.

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1p. New York.
Box 1, Folder 9

Sharp, Granville. Letter to [John Coakley] Lettsom. CN 147 1788, Oct. 13.

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10p. Wicken Park, Bucks.
Box 1, Folder 10

Extract du Registre de la Societe Royal d'Agriculture. CN 202 1789, Mar. 26.

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4p. In French.
Box 1, Folder 11

[Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to [Honoré Gabriel Riquitti], Comte de Mirabeau. CN 35 1789, Nov. 13.

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15p.
Box 1, Folder 12

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Honoré Gabriel Riquetti], Comte de Mirabeau. CN 36 1789, Nov. 17.

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10 p.
Box 1, Folder 13

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Auguste Jean Baptiste] Bouvet [de Cresse]. CN 53 1789, Dec. 1.

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7p.
Box 1, Folder 14

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Honoré Gabriel Riquetti], Comte de Mirabeau. CN 37 1789. Dec. 7.

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9p.
Box 1, Folder 15

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau]. CN 38 1787, Dec. 8.

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6p.
Box 1, Folder 16

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Honoré Gabriel Riquetti], Comte de Mirabeau. CN 39 1789, Dec. 9.

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11p.
Box 1, Folder 17

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Honoré Gabriel Riquetti], Comte de Mirabeau. CN 40 1789, Dec. 11.

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9p.
Box 1, Folder 18

Villeneuve, Geoffrey de. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 187 1790, Mar. 28.

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3p. Paris.
Box 1, Folder 19

Pemberton, James. [Certificate of membership issued to] Thomas Clarkson as member of the Pennsylvania society for promoting the abolition of slavery. CN 135 1790, May 10.

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1p. Philadelphia. Printed form, filled in. Also signed by Caspar Wistar, junior.
Box 1, Folder 20

Wilberforce, [William]. Questions to be asked witnesses before Parliament on the subject of the Slave Trade. CN 191 [Approximately 1790].

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6p. Endorsed by Thomas Clarkson.
Box 1, Folder 21

Clarkson, Matthew. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 32 1791, Nov. 16.

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2p. Philadelphia.
Box 1, Folder 22

Pemberton, James. [Certificate of membership in the] Pennsylvania Society for promoting the abolition of slavery (issued to] Thomas Clarkson. CN 136 1792, Oct. 6.

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1p. Philadelphia. Printed form, filled in. Also signed by John McCree and Joseph Parker Norris.
Box 1, Folder 23

Clarkson, Thomas. My own Report relative to Sierra Leone, and its future prospects read by me to the directors of that company soon after its incorporation by Parliament. CN 54 [Approximately 1792].

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36p.
Box 1, Folder 24

Clarkson, A. Ward, Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 30 1799, Aug. 16.

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3p. Wisbech [Cambs.].
Box 1, Folder 25

[Wordsworth, Dorothy]. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 201 [1808], May 10.

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4p.
Box 1, Folder 26

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Friendly Society at Sierra Leone. CN 55 [Approximately 1810?].

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7p.
Box 1, Folder 27

Clarkson, Thomas, Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 41 1814, June 21.

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3p. London.
Box 1, Folder 28

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 42 [1814], June 28-29].

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3p.
Box 1, Folder 29

Clarkson, Thomas, Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 43 [1814], June 30].

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2p.
Box 1, Folder 30

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 44 [1814, July 1].

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3p.
Box 1, Folder 31

[Bill to Thomas Clarkson for sundries]. CN 203 1814, Aug. 24.

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2p.
Box 1, Folder 32

[Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to [Honore Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau]. CN 34 [Approximately 1814], Oct. 8.

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6p.
Box 1, Folder 33

[Grenville, William Wyndham, Baron] Grenville. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 105 1814, Dec. 31.

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8p.
Box 1, Folder 34

Richardson, Joseph (b). Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 143 1815, Mar. 6.

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2p. Philadelphia.
Box 1, Folder 35

Agreement for hire of cabriolet. CN 204 1815, Sep. 9.

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1p. Calais.
Box 1, Folder 36

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 45 1815, Sep. 20.

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3p.
Box 1, Folder 37

[Clarkson, Thomas]. Paper…to interfere for better treatment of negroes in W. Indies. CN 56 [1815].

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4p.
Box 1, Folder 38

Lewis, Evan. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson], extract. CN 122 1816, June 12.

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6p. Wilmington, Del.
Box 1, Folder 39

[Clarkson, Thomas], Letter to Francis Scott Key. CN 57 1817, Mar. 18.

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4p.
Box 1, Folder 40

Clarkson, Thomas. Re. location for settling free negroes. CN 58 1817, Mar. 18.

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4p. London.
Box 1, Folder 41

Key, Francis Scott. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 117 1817, Nov. 8.

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1p. Georgetown, D.C.
Box 1, Folder 42

Caldwell, E. B. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 22 1817, Nov. 10.

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2p. Washington, D.C.
Box 1, Folder 43

Mills of Burgess (firm). Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 128 1818, Jan 15-16.

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3p. London.
Box 1, Folder 44

[Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to [Alexander I], Emperor of Russia. CN 51 1817, Jan.

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4p. Last paragraph in the handwriting of Thomas Clarkson.
Box 1, Folder 45

[Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to [Alexander I], Emperor of Russia. CN 52 1818, Feb. 25.

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3p.
Box 1, Folder 46

Clarkson, Thomas. Copies of letters to [Alexander I], Emperor of Russia, and Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, [after 2d Marquis of Londonderry] CN59 1818. Sep. 30 - Oct. 5.

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4p. Aix-la-Chapelle.
Box 1, Folder 47

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 46 1818, Oct. 3.

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4p. Aix-la-Chapelle.
Box 1, Folder 48

[Clarkson, Thomas]. Interview with [Alexander I,] Emperor of Russia. CN 60 1818, Oct. 9.

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10p. Aix-la-Chapelle.
Box 1, Folder 49

MacCarthy, Sir Charles. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 124 1818, Dec. 23.

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4p. Sierra Leone.
Box 2

1819-1823

Box 2, Folder 1

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Prince Sanders CN 61 1819, Feb. 3.

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4p. London.
Box 2, Folder 2

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Roberts Vaux CN 63 1819, Mar. 8.

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8p.
Box 2, Folder 3

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Richard Peters. CN 62 1819, June 14.

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3p.
Box 2, Folder 4

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Sir Charles] MacCarthy. CN 65 [Approximately 1819].

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7p.
Box 2, Folder 5

Clarkson, Thomas. Hints for executing the Treaty North of the Line: [regarding rights to search vessels for slavery]. CN 66 [Approximately 1819].

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2p.
Box 2, Folder 6

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Roberts Vaux. CN 64 1820, Jan. 31.

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7p.
Box 2, Folder 7

[Note on] Missouri Question. CN 205 1820, May 16.

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2p.
Box 2, Folder 8

Surry, Comte de. Extract of the report made…in the house of Peers reporting on the proposed Law of the Customs. CN 176 1820, May 29.

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3p3
Box 2, Folder 9

Laisne de Villeveque. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 118 1820, June 2.

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1p. Paris.
Box 2, Folder 10

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 47 1820, June 3.

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3p. Paris.
Box 2, Folder 11

Gregoire, [Henri, Constitutional Bp. Of Blois]. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 101 1820, June 6.

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2p. Paris.
Box 2, Folder 12

Turckheim, Baron. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 186 1820, July 8.

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3p. Paris.
Box 2, Folder 13

Coquerel, Charles Augustin. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 88 1820, July 28.

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4p. Paris.
Box 2, Folder 14

Memorial of British Merchants in the Gambia [about the slave trade]. CN 206 1820, Aug. 20-21.

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5p. Enclosed in: CN 125.
Box 2, Folder 15

MacCarthy, Sir Charles. Letter to Thomas Harrison. CN 125 1820, Nov. 14.

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3p. [London]. Contained enclosure (now CN 206).
Box 2, Folder 16

Gregoire, [Henri Constitutional Bp. Of Blois]. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 102 1820, Dec. 14.

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4p. Paris.
Box 2, Folder 17

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Manoel] Gonçalves [de Miranda?] CN 67 [1820?].

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2p. Paris.
Box 2, Folder 18

[Clarkson, Thomas]. [List of French addresses]. CN 68 [Approximately 1820?].

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1p.
Box 2, Folder 19

Clarkson, Thomas. A few places on the Coast of Africa fit for Colonization… CN 69 [Approximately 1820?].

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30p.
Box 2, Folder 20

[Clarkson, Thomas]. The African Prince: [a story]. CN 70 [Approximately 1820?].

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ms 14 leaves.
Box 2, Folder 21

[Morenas, Joseph Elzéar]. Some intelligence about the slave-trade at Senegal. CN 132 [Approximately 1820].

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6p.
Box 2, Folder 22

Thomas, Philips Evan. Answers…to a number of queries sent to him similar to those now circulated by the Society for Amelioration & gradual abolition of slavery. CN 181 [1820?].

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17p.
Box 2, Folder 23

Williams, Helen Maria. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. [Re: the slave ship Rodeur] CN 192 [Approximately 1820?].

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3p.
Box 2, Folder 24

[Memorandum regarding Sierra Leone]. CN 208 [Approximately 1820?].

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2p.
Box 2, Folder 25

Gregoire, [Henri, Constitutional Bp. Of] Blois. Letter to (see note)* CN 104 1821, July.

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2p. Paris. *See note in file that suggests addressee is Mrs. Clarkson.
Box 2, Folder 26

Dupuy, Baron A. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 94 1821, Aug. 23.

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5p. Cape Haytien, [Haiti]. In French.
Box 2, Folder 27

Laroche, Benjamin. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 119 1822, Jan. 3.

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2p. In French.
Box 2, Folder 28

Thomas, Philip Evan. Letter to James Cropper. CN 182 1822 Aug. 22.

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6p. Baltimore.
Box 2, Folder 29

Allen, William. Letter to [Mathieu Jean Felicite de Montmorency-Laval. Duc] de Montmorency. CN 1 1822, Oct. 25.

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4p. Verona.
Box 2, Folder 30

Cripps, William Buck. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 89 1822, Nov. 30.

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8p. Pennfield, [New Brunswick].
Box 2, Folder 31

Gregoire, [Henri, Constitutional Bp. Of] Blois. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 103 1823, May 13.

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4p. Paris. French.
Box 2, Folder 32

Quelques notes sur le Senegal. CN 207 1823, July.

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37 p. In French.
Box 2, Folder 33

[Clarkson, Thomas]. [Notes on supporters, arranged by county]. CN 71 [1823?].

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40p.
Box 2, Folder 34

[Clarkson, Thomas]. [Lists of supporters]. CN 72 [Approximately 1823].

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12p.
Box 2, Folder 35

[Clarkson, Thomas]. Speech used in forming the Committees in 1823 & 1824. CN 73 1823-1824.

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12p.
Box 2, Folder 36

List of petitions sent to Parliament. CN 209 [1823?].

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8p.
Box 3

1824-1842

Box 3, Folder 1

[Blomfield, Charles James, Bp of London]. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 16 1824, July 10.

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5p. Chesterford, [Essex].
Box 3, Folder 2

[Clarkson, Thomas]. Speech [regarding the necessity of continuing the London Committee]. CN 74 1824

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7p.
Box 3, Folder 3

Toone, John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 184 1826, Feb. 8.

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4p. Salisbury, [Wilts.].
Box 3, Folder 4

Tilley, Matthew. Letter to John Clarkson. CN 183 1827, July 14.

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4p. Freetown, Sierra Leone, [Africa].
Box 3, Folder 5

Forster, Josiah. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 97 1827, July 30.

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4p. Tottenham, [Middlesex.]. Lower portion of second leaf torn away. Written on behalf of the New York Manumission Society.
Box 3, Folder 6

Colman?, Cadwallader D. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 85 1828, June 28.

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3p. New York.
Box 3, Folder 7

Crosfield, Jos. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 90 1828, Nov. 19.

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4p. Hartshill, [Warwicks.]. Included: "Thoughts on British colonial slavery." By the Rev. Daniel Wilson.
Box 3, Folder 8

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, [1st Bart.] CN 75 1833, Sep. 25.

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3p. Playford Hall.
Box 3, Folder 9

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Crisp. CN 76 1833, Oct. 24.

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6p. Playford Hall, [Suffolk].

Separated Materials

Note: Removed from Sandford, Margaret E. Poole. Thomas Poole and his friends, 1888   (RB 152302)
Box 3, Folder 10

Watson, William (b). Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 188 1833, Dec. 10.

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4p. Wisbech. On conjugate leaf: list of friends of Clarkson in Wisbech.
Box 3, Folder 11

Sprague, William Bull. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 159 1834, April 8.

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2p. Albany, N.Y.
Box 3, Folder 12

Fisher, Joshua Francis. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 96 1834. Apr. 29.

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2p. Philadelphia.
Box 3, Folder 13

Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 161 1839, Feb. 13.

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3p. Birmingham.
Box 3, Folder 14

[Browne, Howe Peter, 2d Marquis of] Sligo. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 17 1839, Mar. 21.

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4p. London.
Box 3, Folder 15

Desmousslaux, de Givre Gaston. Letter to [unknown] CN 92 [Approximately 1839?] July 4.

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4p. London. In French.
Box 3, Folder 16

Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, 1st Bart. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 21 1839, July 23.

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1p.
Box 3, Folder 17

Parrish, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 134 1839, July 13.

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3p. Philadelphia.
Box 3, Folder 18

Nicolls, Edward. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 133 1839, Dec. 9.

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6 p. Shooters Hill, [Kent].
Box 3, Folder 19

Isambert, François André. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 109 1840, Sep. 7.

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3p. Chateau de Bignon [France]. In French.
Box 3, Folder 20

Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 162 1840, Oct. 19.

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2p. Birmingham.
Box 3, Folder 21

Doyle, Elizabeth and Hannah. Letter to Catherine [(Buck)] Clarkson. CN 93 1840, Nov. 2.

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3p.
Box 3, Folder 22

Smith, Gerrit. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 148 1840, Nov. 2.

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2p. Peterboro, N.Y. On conjugate leaf: Printed letter of Gerrit Smith to President Schmucker. Peterboro, June 19th, 1838. (2p)
Box 3, Folder 23

Sturge, Joseph,. Letter to Mary Clarkson, [aftw. Dickinson]. CN 174 1840, Nov. 11.

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3p. Birmingham.
Box 3, Folder 24

Colver, Nathaniel. Letter to [unknown] CN 86 1840, Nov. 30-Dec. 1.

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1p. Boston, [Mass.].
Box 3, Folder 25

Isambert, François André. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 110 1840, Dec. 4.

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3p. Paris. In French.
Box 3, Folder 26

[Clarkson, Catherine (Buck)]. Letter to Thomas Hodgkin. CN 31 [Approximately 1840?]

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3p.
Box 3, Folder 27

Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 163 1841, Jan. 29.

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2p. London.
Box 3, Folder 28

Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 164 1841, June 29.

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1p. Worcester, Mass.
Box 3, Folder 29

Montagu, Basil. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 130 1841, Mar. 18.

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4p. Signed Anne and Basil Montagu.
Box 3, Folder 30

[Denman, Thomas. 1st Baron] Denman. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 91 1841, Mar. 20.

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2p. London.
Box 3, Folder 31

Taylor, Alexander S. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 180 1841, Mar. 23.

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4p. Earlham Hall, [Norfolk].
Box 3, Folder 32

Smith, Gerrit. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 149 1841, Apr. 9.

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2p. Peterboro, N.Y. On conjugate leaf: Smith Elizabeth. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. 1841, Apr. 10 (1p).
Box 3, Folder 33

Trew, J. M. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 185 1841, May 4.

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11p. London.
Box 3, Folder 34

[Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to J. M. Trew. CN 48 [1841, after May 4 ].

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4p.
Box 3, Folder 35

Gurney, Joseph John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 107 1841, June 22.

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5p. Norwich.
Box 3, Folder 36

Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Hope H. Slaughter. CN 175 1841, June 30.

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5p.
Box 3, Folder 37

Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 165 1841, June 30.

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2p. New York.
Box 3, Folder 38

Channing, William Ellery. Letter to Thomas Clarkson CN 24 1841, July.

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2p. Boston, [Mass.].
Box 3, Folder 39

Smith, Gerrit. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 150 1841, July 19.

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1p. Peterboro, N.Y. On conjugate leaf: printed form letter about temperance (2p).
Box 3, Folder 40

Saint Anthoine. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 144 1841, July 19.

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1p. Paris. In French.
Box 3, Folder 41

[Clarkson, Thomas]. A letter to the clergy and slave-holders of the United States, particularly the Southern. CN 77 1841

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34p. Contemporary copy. With Clarkson's endorsement.
Box 3, Folder 42

[Clarkson, Thomas]. A letter to the clergy and slave-holders of the United States, particularly the Southern. CN 78 [1841?].

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13p. Contemporary copy.
Box 3, Folder 43

[Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to J. M. Trew. CN 49 [1841].

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12p.
Box 3, Folder 44

Beaumont, John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 8 1842, Jan. 15.

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3p.
Box 3, Folder 45

Barrot, Odillon. Letter to George William Alexander. CN 7 1842, Jan. 19.

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2p. Paris.
Box 3, Folder 46

Beaumont, John. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 9 1842, Mar. 20.

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3p.
Box 3, Folder 47

Beaumont, John. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 10 1842, Apr. 11.

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3p.
Box 3, Folder 48

Scales, Thomas. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 145 1842, Apr. 14.

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2p. Leeds.
Box 3, Folder 49

Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 166 1842, Apr. 25.

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3p. Birmingham.
Box 3, Folder 50

Grahame, James. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 100 1842, May 16.

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2p. Nantes.
Box 3, Folder 51

Sturge, Joseph. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 167 1842, May 16.

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2p. Birmingham.
Box 3, Folder 52

Hawes, Sir Benjamin. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 108 1842, July 25.

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3p. Mortlake, [Surrey].
Box 3, Folder 53

Beaumont, John. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 11 1842, Sep. 7.

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4p.
Box 3, Folder 54

Beaumont, John. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 12 1842, Sep 10.

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3p.
Box 3, Folder 55

Backhouse, John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 5 1842, Sep. 17.

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3p. Darlington, [Durham].
Box 3, Folder 56

Scoble, John. Copy of correspondence with Lord Ashburton relative to the 10th article of the recent treaty with the United States of America CN 146 1842, Oct. 29-Nov. 10.

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3p. London.
Box 3, Folder 57

[Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to J. M. Trew. CN 50 1842, Dec. 6.

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4p.
Box 3, Folder 58

[Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to [Achille Charles Lé Victor], duc de Broglie CN 79 1842

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9p. With endorsement in the handwriting of Thomas Clarkson.
Box 4

1843-1900 and ephemera

Box 4, Folder 1

Beaumont, John. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 13 1843, Feb. 15.

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3p.
Box 4, Folder 2

Baring, Alexander, 1st Baron Ashburton. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 6 1843, Feb. 21.

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4p. Piccadilly, [London].
Box 4, Folder 3

Madden, Richard Robert. Letter to the British Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, London. CN 126 1843, Mar. 13-31.

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4p. 10 x 4 inches. Includes: 1843 Mar. 31. Scoble, John. Letter to Richard Robert Madden forwarding a copy of minutes of the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. (1p; 13 4 inches). Both items: 4p.;10 x 4 inches + 1 p.; 13 x 4 inches)
Box 4, Folder 4

Beaumont, John. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 14 1843, Apr. 12.

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3p.
Box 4, Folder 5

Buller, Charles, Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 18 [1843], June 5.

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4p. London.
Box 4, Folder 6

Buller, Charles, Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 19 [1843], July 19.

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2p. 2 Chester Place.
Box 4, Folder 7

Leavitt, Joshua. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 120 1843, Nov. 15.

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3p. Boston, [Mass.].
Box 4, Folder 8

Smith, Gerrit. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 151 1843, Dec. 30.

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1p. Peterboro, N.Y.
Box 4, Folder 9

Buller, Charles, Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 20 [1843].

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12p. 2 Chester Place.
Box 4, Folder 10

[Clarkson, Thomas]. [Memorandum on state of the nation] CN 80 [Approximately 1843].

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1p.
Box 4, Folder 11

Leavitt, Joshua. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 121 1844, Jan. 12.

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3p. Washington, [D.C.].
Box 4, Folder 12

[Stanley, John Thomas, 1st Baron] Stanley. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 160 1844, Jan. 20.

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7p. St. James Square, [London].
Box 4, Folder 13

Beaumont, John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 15 1844, Jan. 24.

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3p.
Box 4, Folder 14

Soul, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 155 1844, Jan. 30.

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3p. [London].
Box 4, Folder 15

Soul, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 156 1844, Feb. 7.

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3p. [London].
Box 4, Folder 16

Soul, Joseph, Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 157 1844, Feb. 9.

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2p. [London].
Box 4, Folder 17

Soul, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 158 1844, Feb. 12.

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3p. [London].
Box 4, Folder 18

Tappan, Lewis. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 177 [1844, Feb. 27].

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1p. New York. On reverse: 1844 Mar. 27. Wright, Elizabeth. Letter to Thomas Clarkson (1p).
Box 4, Folder 19

Kellogg, H. H. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 116 1844, Mar. 22.

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3p. Darlington, [Durham].
Box 4, Folder 20

Sturge, Joseph. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 168 1844, Mar. 23.

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2p. Birmingham.
Box 4, Folder 21

Smith, Gerrit. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 152 1844, May 8.

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1p. Peterboro, N.Y.
Box 4, Folder 22

Whittier, John Greenleaf. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 190 1844, July 10.

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3p. Amesbury, Mass.
Box 4, Folder 23

Clay, Cassius Marcellus. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 82 1844, July 25.

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3p. Lexington, Ky.
Box 4, Folder 24

Pennington, James. W. C. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 137 1844, Sep. 25.

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4p. Hartford, Conn.
Box 4, Folder 25

Chapman, Maria Weston. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 25 1844, Oct. 1.

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4p. Boston, [Mass.].
Box 4, Folder 26

Weld, Lewis. Letter to Joseph Soul. CN 189 1844, Dec. 3.

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3p. Liverpool.
Box 4, Folder 27

Clay, Cassius Marcellus. Letter to John Scoble. CN 83 1844, Dec. 6.

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2p. Lexington, Ky.
Box 4, Folder 28

Pennington, James. W. C. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 138 1844, Dec. 14.

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3p. Hartford, Conn.
Box 4, Folder 29

Smith, Gerrit. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 153 1845, Jan. 1.

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3p. Peterboro, N.Y.
Box 4, Folder 30

Chapman, Maria Weston. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 26 1845, Jan. 17.

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8p. Boston, [Mass.].
Box 4, Folder 31

Tappan, Lewis. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 178 1845, Jan. 26.

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2p. New York.
Box 4, Folder 32

Metcalfe, Charles [Theophilus, Baron Metcalfe]. Letter to Joseph Soul. CN 127 1845, Feb. 8.

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1p. Montreal.
Box 4, Folder 33

Sturge, Joseph. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 169 1845, Mar. 1.

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4p. Birmingham.
Box 4, Folder 34

Jay, William (a). Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 112 1845, Mar. 22.

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3p. New York. Lower portion of second leaf torn away.
Box 4, Folder 35

Tappan, Lewis. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 179 1845, Mar. 31.

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1p. 3 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. New York.
Box 4, Folder 36

Sturge, Joseph, Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 170 1845, Apr. 11.

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4p. Birmingham. With endorsement.
Box 4, Folder 37

Chapman, Maria Weston. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 27 1845, Aug. 16.

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3p. Boston, [Mass.].
Box 4, Folder 38

[Cooper, Anthony Ashley, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury]. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 87 1845, July 28.

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2p. Ryde, [Hants.].
Box 4, Folder 39

Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 193 1845, Sep. 2.

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3p.
Box 4, Folder 40

Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 194 1845, Sep. 13.

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4p. Glasgow.
Box 4, Folder 41

Rhoads, Samuel. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 142 1845, Sep. 27.

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3p. Philadelphia. 2 copies of the letter. One has red wax seal and is postmarked "Oc. 16, 1845". The other has manuscript date "Feb. 7, 1846" on verso.
Box 4, Folder 42

Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 196 1845, Oct. 20.

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4p. Glasgow.
Box 4, Folder 43

Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson CN 197 1845, Nov. 2.

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4p. Glasgow.
Box 4, Folder 44

Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to [Catherine (Buck) Clarkson]. CN 198 1845, Nov. 6.

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3p. Glasgow.
Box 4, Folder 45

Montagu, Basil. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 131 1845, Nov. 10.

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4p.
Box 4, Folder 46

Collier, William. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 84 1845, Nov. 17.

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2p. Plymouth.
Box 4, Folder 47

Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 195 1845, Nov. 24.

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4p. Glasgow. With envelope.
Box 4, Folder 48

Montagu, Anne D. B. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 129 1845, Nov. 20.

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5p. [London].
Box 4, Folder 49

Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 199 1845, Nov. 24.

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3p. Glasgow.
Box 4, Folder 50

Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 200 1845, Nov. 30.

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2p. Kirkcaldy, [Scotland].
Box 4, Folder 51

Armstrong, George. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 2 1845, Dec. 17.

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3p. Bristol.
Box 4, Folder 52

Chapman, Maria Weston. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 28 1846, Jan 28.

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4p. Boston, Mass.
Box 4, Folder 53

Sturge, Joseph. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 171 1846, Jan. 31.

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1p. Birmingham.
Box 4, Folder 54

Jay, William (a). Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 113 1846, Feb. 2.

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3p. Bedford, N.Y.
Box 4, Folder 55

Eden, John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 95 1846, Mar. 1.

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2p. Northampton, Mass.
Box 4, Folder 56

Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 172 1846, Apr. 7.

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2p.
Box 4, Folder 57

Sturge, Joseph. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 173 1846, Apr. 16.

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1p. Birmingham.
Box 4, Folder 58

Chapman, Maria Weston. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 29 1846, June 27.

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4p. Boston, [Mass.].
Box 4, Folder 59

Jay, William (a). Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 114 1846, Aug 4.

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3p. Bedford, N.Y.
Box 4, Folder 60

Garrison, William Lloyd. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 98 1846, Aug. 19.

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4p. London. With envelope.
Box 4, Folder 61

Garrison, William Lloyd. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 99 1846, Aug. 26.

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4p. Bristol.
Box 4, Folder 62

Armstrong, George. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 4 1846, Sep. 5.

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5p. Bristol.
Box 4, Folder 63

Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to "Dear Richard". CN 81 1846, Sep. 9.

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3p. Playford Hall, [Suffolk].
Box 4, Folder 64

Armstrong, George. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 3 1846, Sep. 11.

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3p. Bristol.
Box 4, Folder 65

Jay, William. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 115 1847, Feb. 10.

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3p. New York.
Box 4, Folder 66

[Biographical notes on John Clarkson and the Clarkson family]. CN 210 [Approximately 1900].

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6 leaves fol.
Box 4, Folder 67

Ephemera

Scope and Contents

Consists of 4 items:
1. [Resolutions of meeting of the Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade, and for the Civilization of Africa. 1840 July 29. Signed J. M. Trew, Secretary (2p).
2. Continuation of Petitions: [List of names, locales and tally of figures] [undated] (2p).
3. [Letter in French], [undated] (1p).
4. [List of English places (possibly parliamentary boroughs)] [undated] (1p).
Box 5

Accounts of efforts to abolish slavery [volume].

 

Clarkson, Thomas. History of the African Institution as connected with the Abolition of Slavery and the Foreign Slave Trade. CN 33 Approximately 1839.

Scope and Contents

(133p. fol.) 2 unnumbered preliminary pages have been mounted on linen. Consists of 131 numbered pages. Pages 9-10 have been removed from original order and are inserted before p. 35 in the text (conjugate leaf).
Volume containing Clarkson's account of his efforts "from 1705 to 1807 when the slave-trade was abolished by the British Parliament". The author also notes "These to be looked over by H. Robinson or some other proper person in case anyone should write my life."