Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding Aid mssCN
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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The papers include an unpublished manuscript of Clarkson's "History of the African Institution as connected with the Abolition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:
- Thomas Clarkson letter to Comte de Mirabeau with the story of an African sold into slavery, November 13, 1789 (CN 35)
- Thomas Clarkson letter to Roberts Vaux regarding the settlement of free blacks from the United States in Haiti, March 8, 1819
(CN 63)
- William Buck Cripps letter regarding conditions of settlers and prospects for newcomers in New Brunswick, November 30, 1822
(CN 89)
- William Lloyd Garrison letter on slavery in the United States, August 19, 1846 (CN 98)
- John Jay letter making Clarkson an honorary member of the New York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, September
1, 1788 (CN 111)
- Francis Scott Key letter regarding Americans who plan to visit Sierra Leone, November 8, 1817 (CN 117)
- Report by J.W.C. Pennington, a free African American minister, September 25, 1844 (CN 137)
- Granville Sharp letter on the formation of the settlement at Sierra Leone, October 13, 1788 (CN 147)
- Philip Evan Thomas letter to James Cropper regarding slave labor in the United States, August 22, 1822(CN 182)
- John Greenleaf Whittier letter regarding the progress of anti-slavery movements in the United States, July 10, 1844 (CN 190)
- 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
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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
Arrangement
The collection is chiefly arranged chronologically, followed by 4 pieces of ephemera and 1 volume:
- Box 1: 1787-1818
- Box 2: 1819-1823
- Box 3: 1824-1842
- Box 4: 1843-1900 and ephemera
- 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
Box 1, Folder 1
Ramsay, James. Letter to Samuel Hoare. CN 140
1787, Aug. 11.
Scope and Contents
1p. Teston, near Maidstone Kent.
Box 1, Folder 2
Price, Richard. Letter to James Phillips. CN 139
1787, Aug. 23.
Scope and Contents
2p. Eastbourne, Sussex.
Box 1, Folder 3
Cartwright, John. Letter to Granville Sharp. CN 23
1787, Oct. 15.
Scope and Contents
1p. Marnham, [Notts.].
Box 1, Folder 4
Grigby, Joshua. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson?]. CN 106
1787, Oct. 26.
Scope and Contents
2p. Drinkstone, [Suffolk].
Box 1, Folder 5
Lofft, Capel. Letter to Samuel Hoare. CN 123
[17]87, Dec. 23.
Box 1, Folder 6
Ramsey, James. Letter to Samuel Hoare. CN 141
1787, Dec. 29.
Scope and Contents
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.
Scope and Contents
2p. New York. Contained enclosure (now CN 141)
Box 1, Folder 8
Jay, John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 111
1788, Sep. 1.
Scope and Contents
1p. New York.
Box 1, Folder 9
Sharp, Granville. Letter to [John Coakley] Lettsom. CN 147
1788, Oct. 13.
Scope and Contents
10p. Wicken Park, Bucks.
Box 1, Folder 10
Extract du Registre de la Societe Royal d'Agriculture. CN 202
1789, Mar. 26.
Scope and Contents
4p. In French.
Box 1, Folder 11
[Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to [Honoré Gabriel Riquitti], Comte de Mirabeau. CN 35
1789, Nov. 13.
Box 1, Folder 12
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Honoré Gabriel Riquetti], Comte de Mirabeau. CN 36
1789, Nov. 17.
Box 1, Folder 13
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Auguste Jean Baptiste] Bouvet [de Cresse]. CN 53
1789, Dec. 1.
Box 1, Folder 14
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Honoré Gabriel Riquetti], Comte de Mirabeau. CN 37
1789. Dec. 7.
Box 1, Folder 15
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau]. CN 38
1787, Dec. 8.
Box 1, Folder 16
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Honoré Gabriel Riquetti], Comte de Mirabeau. CN 39
1789, Dec. 9.
Box 1, Folder 17
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Honoré Gabriel Riquetti], Comte de Mirabeau. CN 40
1789, Dec. 11.
Box 1, Folder 18
Villeneuve, Geoffrey de. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 187
1790, Mar. 28.
Scope and Contents
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.
Scope and Contents
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].
Scope and Contents
6p. Endorsed by Thomas Clarkson.
Box 1, Folder 21
Clarkson, Matthew. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 32
1791, Nov. 16.
Scope and Contents
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.
Scope and Contents
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].
Box 1, Folder 24
Clarkson, A. Ward, Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 30
1799, Aug. 16.
Scope and Contents
3p. Wisbech [Cambs.].
Box 1, Folder 25
[Wordsworth, Dorothy]. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 201
[1808], May 10.
Box 1, Folder 26
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Friendly Society at Sierra Leone. CN 55
[Approximately 1810?].
Box 1, Folder 27
Clarkson, Thomas, Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 41
1814, June 21.
Scope and Contents
3p. London.
Box 1, Folder 28
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 42
[1814], June 28-29].
Box 1, Folder 29
Clarkson, Thomas, Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 43
[1814], June 30].
Box 1, Folder 30
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 44
[1814, July 1].
Box 1, Folder 31
[Bill to Thomas Clarkson for sundries]. CN 203
1814, Aug. 24.
Box 1, Folder 32
[Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to [Honore Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau]. CN 34
[Approximately 1814], Oct. 8.
Box 1, Folder 33
[Grenville, William Wyndham, Baron] Grenville. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 105
1814, Dec. 31.
Box 1, Folder 34
Richardson, Joseph (b). Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 143
1815, Mar. 6.
Scope and Contents
2p. Philadelphia.
Box 1, Folder 35
Agreement for hire of cabriolet. CN 204
1815, Sep. 9.
Scope and Contents
1p. Calais.
Box 1, Folder 36
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 45
1815, Sep. 20.
Box 1, Folder 37
[Clarkson, Thomas]. Paper…to interfere for better treatment of negroes in W. Indies. CN 56
[1815].
Box 1, Folder 38
Lewis, Evan. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson], extract. CN 122
1816, June 12.
Scope and Contents
6p. Wilmington, Del.
Box 1, Folder 39
[Clarkson, Thomas], Letter to Francis Scott Key. CN 57
1817, Mar. 18.
Box 1, Folder 40
Clarkson, Thomas. Re. location for settling free negroes. CN 58
1817, Mar. 18.
Scope and Contents
4p. London.
Box 1, Folder 41
Key, Francis Scott. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 117
1817, Nov. 8.
Scope and Contents
1p. Georgetown, D.C.
Box 1, Folder 42
Caldwell, E. B. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 22
1817, Nov. 10.
Scope and Contents
2p. Washington, D.C.
Box 1, Folder 43
Mills of Burgess (firm). Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 128
1818, Jan 15-16.
Scope and Contents
3p. London.
Box 1, Folder 44
[Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to [Alexander I], Emperor of Russia. CN 51
1817, Jan.
Scope and Contents
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.
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.
Scope and Contents
4p. Aix-la-Chapelle.
Box 1, Folder 47
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 46
1818, Oct. 3.
Scope and Contents
4p. Aix-la-Chapelle.
Box 1, Folder 48
[Clarkson, Thomas]. Interview with [Alexander I,] Emperor of Russia. CN 60
1818, Oct. 9.
Scope and Contents
10p. Aix-la-Chapelle.
Box 1, Folder 49
MacCarthy, Sir Charles. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 124
1818, Dec. 23.
Scope and Contents
4p. Sierra Leone.
Box 2, Folder 1
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Prince Sanders CN 61
1819, Feb. 3.
Scope and Contents
4p. London.
Box 2, Folder 2
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Roberts Vaux CN 63
1819, Mar. 8.
Box 2, Folder 3
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Richard Peters. CN 62
1819, June 14.
Box 2, Folder 4
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Sir Charles] MacCarthy. CN 65
[Approximately 1819].
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].
Box 2, Folder 6
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Roberts Vaux. CN 64
1820, Jan. 31.
Box 2, Folder 7
[Note on] Missouri Question. CN 205
1820, May 16.
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.
Box 2, Folder 9
Laisne de Villeveque. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 118
1820, June 2.
Scope and Contents
1p. Paris.
Box 2, Folder 10
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 47
1820, June 3.
Scope and Contents
3p. Paris.
Box 2, Folder 11
Gregoire, [Henri, Constitutional Bp. Of Blois]. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 101
1820, June 6.
Scope and Contents
2p. Paris.
Box 2, Folder 12
Turckheim, Baron. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 186
1820, July 8.
Scope and Contents
3p. Paris.
Box 2, Folder 13
Coquerel, Charles Augustin. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 88
1820, July 28.
Scope and Contents
4p. Paris.
Box 2, Folder 14
Memorial of British Merchants in the Gambia [about the slave trade]. CN 206
1820, Aug. 20-21.
Scope and Contents
5p. Enclosed in: CN 125.
Box 2, Folder 15
MacCarthy, Sir Charles. Letter to Thomas Harrison. CN 125
1820, Nov. 14.
Scope and Contents
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.
Scope and Contents
4p. Paris.
Box 2, Folder 17
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Manoel] Gonçalves [de Miranda?] CN 67
[1820?].
Scope and Contents
2p. Paris.
Box 2, Folder 18
[Clarkson, Thomas]. [List of French addresses]. CN 68
[Approximately 1820?].
Box 2, Folder 19
Clarkson, Thomas. A few places on the Coast of Africa fit for Colonization… CN 69
[Approximately 1820?].
Box 2, Folder 20
[Clarkson, Thomas]. The African Prince: [a story]. CN 70
[Approximately 1820?].
Scope and Contents
ms 14 leaves.
Box 2, Folder 21
[Morenas, Joseph Elzéar]. Some intelligence about the slave-trade at Senegal. CN 132
[Approximately 1820].
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?].
Box 2, Folder 23
Williams, Helen Maria. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. [Re: the slave ship Rodeur] CN 192
[Approximately 1820?].
Box 2, Folder 24
[Memorandum regarding Sierra Leone]. CN 208
[Approximately 1820?].
Box 2, Folder 25
Gregoire, [Henri, Constitutional Bp. Of] Blois. Letter to (see note)* CN 104
1821, July.
Scope and Contents
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.
Scope and Contents
5p. Cape Haytien, [Haiti]. In French.
Box 2, Folder 27
Laroche, Benjamin. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 119
1822, Jan. 3.
Scope and Contents
2p. In French.
Box 2, Folder 28
Thomas, Philip Evan. Letter to James Cropper. CN 182
1822 Aug. 22.
Scope and Contents
6p. Baltimore.
Box 2, Folder 29
Allen, William. Letter to [Mathieu Jean Felicite de Montmorency-Laval. Duc] de Montmorency. CN 1
1822, Oct. 25.
Scope and Contents
4p. Verona.
Box 2, Folder 30
Cripps, William Buck. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 89
1822, Nov. 30.
Scope and Contents
8p. Pennfield, [New Brunswick].
Box 2, Folder 31
Gregoire, [Henri, Constitutional Bp. Of] Blois. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 103
1823, May 13.
Scope and Contents
4p. Paris. French.
Box 2, Folder 32
Quelques notes sur le Senegal. CN 207
1823, July.
Scope and Contents
37 p. In French.
Box 2, Folder 33
[Clarkson, Thomas]. [Notes on supporters, arranged by county]. CN 71
[1823?].
Box 2, Folder 34
[Clarkson, Thomas]. [Lists of supporters]. CN 72
[Approximately 1823].
Box 2, Folder 35
[Clarkson, Thomas]. Speech used in forming the Committees in 1823 & 1824. CN 73
1823-1824.
Box 2, Folder 36
List of petitions sent to Parliament. CN 209
[1823?].
Box 3, Folder 1
[Blomfield, Charles James, Bp of London]. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 16
1824, July 10.
Scope and Contents
5p. Chesterford, [Essex].
Box 3, Folder 2
[Clarkson, Thomas]. Speech [regarding the necessity of continuing the London Committee]. CN 74
1824
Box 3, Folder 3
Toone, John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 184
1826, Feb. 8.
Scope and Contents
4p. Salisbury, [Wilts.].
Box 3, Folder 4
Tilley, Matthew. Letter to John Clarkson. CN 183
1827, July 14.
Scope and Contents
4p. Freetown, Sierra Leone, [Africa].
Box 3, Folder 5
Forster, Josiah. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 97
1827, July 30.
Scope and Contents
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.
Scope and Contents
3p. New York.
Box 3, Folder 7
Crosfield, Jos. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 90
1828, Nov. 19.
Scope and Contents
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.
Scope and Contents
3p. Playford Hall.
Box 3, Folder 9
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Crisp. CN 76
1833, Oct. 24.
Scope and Contents
6p. Playford Hall, [Suffolk].
Separated Materials
Box 3, Folder 10
Watson, William (b). Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 188
1833, Dec. 10.
Scope and Contents
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.
Scope and Contents
2p. Albany, N.Y.
Box 3, Folder 12
Fisher, Joshua Francis. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 96
1834. Apr. 29.
Scope and Contents
2p. Philadelphia.
Box 3, Folder 13
Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 161
1839, Feb. 13.
Scope and Contents
3p. Birmingham.
Box 3, Folder 14
[Browne, Howe Peter, 2d Marquis of] Sligo. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 17
1839, Mar. 21.
Scope and Contents
4p. London.
Box 3, Folder 15
Desmousslaux, de Givre Gaston. Letter to [unknown] CN 92
[Approximately 1839?] July 4.
Scope and Contents
4p. London. In French.
Box 3, Folder 16
Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, 1st Bart. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 21
1839, July 23.
Box 3, Folder 17
Parrish, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 134
1839, July 13.
Scope and Contents
3p. Philadelphia.
Box 3, Folder 18
Nicolls, Edward. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 133
1839, Dec. 9.
Scope and Contents
6 p. Shooters Hill, [Kent].
Box 3, Folder 19
Isambert, François André. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 109
1840, Sep. 7.
Scope and Contents
3p. Chateau de Bignon [France]. In French.
Box 3, Folder 20
Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 162
1840, Oct. 19.
Scope and Contents
2p. Birmingham.
Box 3, Folder 21
Doyle, Elizabeth and Hannah. Letter to Catherine [(Buck)] Clarkson. CN 93
1840, Nov. 2.
Box 3, Folder 22
Smith, Gerrit. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 148
1840, Nov. 2.
Scope and Contents
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.
Scope and Contents
3p. Birmingham.
Box 3, Folder 24
Colver, Nathaniel. Letter to [unknown] CN 86
1840, Nov. 30-Dec. 1.
Scope and Contents
1p. Boston, [Mass.].
Box 3, Folder 25
Isambert, François André. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 110
1840, Dec. 4.
Scope and Contents
3p. Paris. In French.
Box 3, Folder 26
[Clarkson, Catherine (Buck)]. Letter to Thomas Hodgkin. CN 31
[Approximately 1840?]
Box 3, Folder 27
Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 163
1841, Jan. 29.
Scope and Contents
2p. London.
Box 3, Folder 28
Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 164
1841, June 29.
Scope and Contents
1p. Worcester, Mass.
Box 3, Folder 29
Montagu, Basil. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 130
1841, Mar. 18.
Scope and Contents
4p. Signed Anne and Basil Montagu.
Box 3, Folder 30
[Denman, Thomas. 1st Baron] Denman. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 91
1841, Mar. 20.
Scope and Contents
2p. London.
Box 3, Folder 31
Taylor, Alexander S. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 180
1841, Mar. 23.
Scope and Contents
4p. Earlham Hall, [Norfolk].
Box 3, Folder 32
Smith, Gerrit. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 149
1841, Apr. 9.
Scope and Contents
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.
Scope and Contents
11p. London.
Box 3, Folder 34
[Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to J. M. Trew. CN 48
[1841, after May 4 ].
Box 3, Folder 35
Gurney, Joseph John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 107
1841, June 22.
Scope and Contents
5p. Norwich.
Box 3, Folder 36
Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Hope H. Slaughter. CN 175
1841, June 30.
Box 3, Folder 37
Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 165
1841, June 30.
Scope and Contents
2p. New York.
Box 3, Folder 38
Channing, William Ellery. Letter to Thomas Clarkson CN 24
1841, July.
Scope and Contents
2p. Boston, [Mass.].
Box 3, Folder 39
Smith, Gerrit. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 150
1841, July 19.
Scope and Contents
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.
Scope and Contents
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
Scope and Contents
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?].
Scope and Contents
13p. Contemporary copy.
Box 3, Folder 43
[Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to J. M. Trew. CN 49
[1841].
Box 3, Folder 44
Beaumont, John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 8
1842, Jan. 15.
Box 3, Folder 45
Barrot, Odillon. Letter to George William Alexander. CN 7
1842, Jan. 19.
Scope and Contents
2p. Paris.
Box 3, Folder 46
Beaumont, John. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 9
1842, Mar. 20.
Box 3, Folder 47
Beaumont, John. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 10
1842, Apr. 11.
Box 3, Folder 48
Scales, Thomas. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 145
1842, Apr. 14.
Scope and Contents
2p. Leeds.
Box 3, Folder 49
Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 166
1842, Apr. 25.
Scope and Contents
3p. Birmingham.
Box 3, Folder 50
Grahame, James. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 100
1842, May 16.
Scope and Contents
2p. Nantes.
Box 3, Folder 51
Sturge, Joseph. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 167
1842, May 16.
Scope and Contents
2p. Birmingham.
Box 3, Folder 52
Hawes, Sir Benjamin. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 108
1842, July 25.
Scope and Contents
3p. Mortlake, [Surrey].
Box 3, Folder 53
Beaumont, John. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 11
1842, Sep. 7.
Box 3, Folder 54
Beaumont, John. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 12
1842, Sep 10.
Box 3, Folder 55
Backhouse, John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 5
1842, Sep. 17.
Scope and Contents
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.
Scope and Contents
3p. London.
Box 3, Folder 57
[Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to J. M. Trew. CN 50
1842, Dec. 6.
Box 3, Folder 58
[Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to [Achille Charles Lé Victor], duc de Broglie CN 79
1842
Scope and Contents
9p. With endorsement in the handwriting of Thomas Clarkson.
Box 4, Folder 1
Beaumont, John. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 13
1843, Feb. 15.
Box 4, Folder 2
Baring, Alexander, 1st Baron Ashburton. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 6
1843, Feb. 21.
Scope and Contents
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.
Scope and Contents
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.
Box 4, Folder 5
Buller, Charles, Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 18
[1843], June 5.
Scope and Contents
4p. London.
Box 4, Folder 6
Buller, Charles, Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 19
[1843], July 19.
Scope and Contents
2p. 2 Chester Place.
Box 4, Folder 7
Leavitt, Joshua. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 120
1843, Nov. 15.
Scope and Contents
3p. Boston, [Mass.].
Box 4, Folder 8
Smith, Gerrit. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 151
1843, Dec. 30.
Scope and Contents
1p. Peterboro, N.Y.
Box 4, Folder 9
Buller, Charles, Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 20
[1843].
Scope and Contents
12p. 2 Chester Place.
Box 4, Folder 10
[Clarkson, Thomas]. [Memorandum on state of the nation] CN 80
[Approximately 1843].
Box 4, Folder 11
Leavitt, Joshua. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 121
1844, Jan. 12.
Scope and Contents
3p. Washington, [D.C.].
Box 4, Folder 12
[Stanley, John Thomas, 1st Baron] Stanley. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 160
1844, Jan. 20.
Scope and Contents
7p. St. James Square, [London].
Box 4, Folder 13
Beaumont, John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 15
1844, Jan. 24.
Box 4, Folder 14
Soul, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 155
1844, Jan. 30.
Scope and Contents
3p. [London].
Box 4, Folder 15
Soul, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 156
1844, Feb. 7.
Scope and Contents
3p. [London].
Box 4, Folder 16
Soul, Joseph, Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 157
1844, Feb. 9.
Scope and Contents
2p. [London].
Box 4, Folder 17
Soul, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 158
1844, Feb. 12.
Scope and Contents
3p. [London].
Box 4, Folder 18
Tappan, Lewis. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 177
[1844, Feb. 27].
Scope and Contents
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.
Scope and Contents
3p. Darlington, [Durham].
Box 4, Folder 20
Sturge, Joseph. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 168
1844, Mar. 23.
Scope and Contents
2p. Birmingham.
Box 4, Folder 21
Smith, Gerrit. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 152
1844, May 8.
Scope and Contents
1p. Peterboro, N.Y.
Box 4, Folder 22
Whittier, John Greenleaf. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 190
1844, July 10.
Scope and Contents
3p. Amesbury, Mass.
Box 4, Folder 23
Clay, Cassius Marcellus. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 82
1844, July 25.
Scope and Contents
3p. Lexington, Ky.
Box 4, Folder 24
Pennington, James. W. C. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 137
1844, Sep. 25.
Scope and Contents
4p. Hartford, Conn.
Box 4, Folder 25
Chapman, Maria Weston. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 25
1844, Oct. 1.
Scope and Contents
4p. Boston, [Mass.].
Box 4, Folder 26
Weld, Lewis. Letter to Joseph Soul. CN 189
1844, Dec. 3.
Scope and Contents
3p. Liverpool.
Box 4, Folder 27
Clay, Cassius Marcellus. Letter to John Scoble. CN 83
1844, Dec. 6.
Scope and Contents
2p. Lexington, Ky.
Box 4, Folder 28
Pennington, James. W. C. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 138
1844, Dec. 14.
Scope and Contents
3p. Hartford, Conn.
Box 4, Folder 29
Smith, Gerrit. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 153
1845, Jan. 1.
Scope and Contents
3p. Peterboro, N.Y.
Box 4, Folder 30
Chapman, Maria Weston. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 26
1845, Jan. 17.
Scope and Contents
8p. Boston, [Mass.].
Box 4, Folder 31
Tappan, Lewis. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 178
1845, Jan. 26.
Scope and Contents
2p. New York.
Box 4, Folder 32
Metcalfe, Charles [Theophilus, Baron Metcalfe]. Letter to Joseph Soul. CN 127
1845, Feb. 8.
Scope and Contents
1p. Montreal.
Box 4, Folder 33
Sturge, Joseph. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 169
1845, Mar. 1.
Scope and Contents
4p. Birmingham.
Box 4, Folder 34
Jay, William (a). Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 112
1845, Mar. 22.
Scope and Contents
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.
Scope and Contents
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.
Scope and Contents
4p. Birmingham. With endorsement.
Box 4, Folder 37
Chapman, Maria Weston. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 27
1845, Aug. 16.
Scope and Contents
3p. Boston, [Mass.].
Box 4, Folder 38
[Cooper, Anthony Ashley, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury]. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 87
1845, July 28.
Scope and Contents
2p. Ryde, [Hants.].
Box 4, Folder 39
Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 193
1845, Sep. 2.
Box 4, Folder 40
Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 194
1845, Sep. 13.
Scope and Contents
4p. Glasgow.
Box 4, Folder 41
Rhoads, Samuel. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 142
1845, Sep. 27.
Scope and Contents
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.
Scope and Contents
4p. Glasgow.
Box 4, Folder 43
Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson CN 197
1845, Nov. 2.
Scope and Contents
4p. Glasgow.
Box 4, Folder 44
Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to [Catherine (Buck) Clarkson]. CN 198
1845, Nov. 6.
Scope and Contents
3p. Glasgow.
Box 4, Folder 45
Montagu, Basil. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 131
1845, Nov. 10.
Box 4, Folder 46
Collier, William. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 84
1845, Nov. 17.
Scope and Contents
2p. Plymouth.
Box 4, Folder 47
Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 195
1845, Nov. 24.
Scope and Contents
4p. Glasgow. With envelope.
Box 4, Folder 48
Montagu, Anne D. B. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 129
1845, Nov. 20.
Scope and Contents
5p. [London].
Box 4, Folder 49
Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 199
1845, Nov. 24.
Scope and Contents
3p. Glasgow.
Box 4, Folder 50
Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 200
1845, Nov. 30.
Scope and Contents
2p. Kirkcaldy, [Scotland].
Box 4, Folder 51
Armstrong, George. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 2
1845, Dec. 17.
Scope and Contents
3p. Bristol.
Box 4, Folder 52
Chapman, Maria Weston. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 28
1846, Jan 28.
Scope and Contents
4p. Boston, Mass.
Box 4, Folder 53
Sturge, Joseph. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 171
1846, Jan. 31.
Scope and Contents
1p. Birmingham.
Box 4, Folder 54
Jay, William (a). Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 113
1846, Feb. 2.
Scope and Contents
3p. Bedford, N.Y.
Box 4, Folder 55
Eden, John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 95
1846, Mar. 1.
Scope and Contents
2p. Northampton, Mass.
Box 4, Folder 56
Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 172
1846, Apr. 7.
Box 4, Folder 57
Sturge, Joseph. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 173
1846, Apr. 16.
Scope and Contents
1p. Birmingham.
Box 4, Folder 58
Chapman, Maria Weston. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 29
1846, June 27.
Scope and Contents
4p. Boston, [Mass.].
Box 4, Folder 59
Jay, William (a). Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 114
1846, Aug 4.
Scope and Contents
3p. Bedford, N.Y.
Box 4, Folder 60
Garrison, William Lloyd. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 98
1846, Aug. 19.
Scope and Contents
4p. London. With envelope.
Box 4, Folder 61
Garrison, William Lloyd. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 99
1846, Aug. 26.
Scope and Contents
4p. Bristol.
Box 4, Folder 62
Armstrong, George. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 4
1846, Sep. 5.
Scope and Contents
5p. Bristol.
Box 4, Folder 63
Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to "Dear Richard". CN 81
1846, Sep. 9.
Scope and Contents
3p. Playford Hall, [Suffolk].
Box 4, Folder 64
Armstrong, George. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 3
1846, Sep. 11.
Scope and Contents
3p. Bristol.
Box 4, Folder 65
Jay, William. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 115
1847, Feb. 10.
Scope and Contents
3p. New York.
Box 4, Folder 66
[Biographical notes on John Clarkson and the Clarkson family]. CN 210
[Approximately 1900].
Scope and Contents
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."