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- Record Id:
- 040-002093293
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002093290
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001486.0x00020e
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- SLARK:
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CLARKSON PAPERS. Vol. III. Papers chiefly relating to John Clarkson's dispute with the Sierra Leone Co., ending in his supersession as Governor, and correspondence with various members of the colony (to 1798). Included is a memorandum by him (ff. 155-182), in the form of a letter to [William Wilberforce] on the foundation of the colony, written in reply to Robert Thorpe's attack, in 1815, on the past conduct of the company. A number of the periodical, The Herald of Peace, vol. vi, New Series, no. 7, July-Sept. 1828, containing an obituary of Clarkson, is bound in at the end of the volume. Paper; ff. 251. Folio. 31 Dec. 1792-Sept. 1828.
Colony of Sierra Leone: Correspondence and papers of J. Clarkson as the first Governor: 1785-1828.
Lieutenant John Clarkson, RN; first Governor of Sierra Leone 1791: Correspondence and papers: 1785-1828.
includes:
- ff. 1, 30, 38, 45 Isaac Dubois: Letters to J. Clarkson: 1793.
- f. 18 John Gray: Letter to P. Dunkin: 1793.: Copy.
- ff. 22, 24 John Gray: Letters to J. Clarkson: 1793.
- ff. 28, 110 Thomas Masterman Winterbottom, MD: Letters to J. Clarkson: 1793, 1794.
- ff. 34, 43, 57, 85 Henry Thornton, Chairman, Sierra Leone Company: Letters to J. Clarkson: 1791-1793.
- ff. 97, 98, 105 Cato Perkins: Letters to J. Clarkson: 1793.
- ff. 97, 98, 105, 108, 112 Isaac Anderson: Letters to J. Clarkson: 1793, 1794.
- f. 119 John Cooper: Letter to J. Clarkson: 1796.
- f. 120 James Leister: Letter to J. Clarkson: 1796.
- f. 122 George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer: Letter to W. Wilberforce: 1796.
- ff. 125, 189, 198 W Wilberforce, philanthropist: Letters to J. Clarkson: 1791-1824.
- f. 127 Moses Murray: Letter to J. Clarkson: 1796.
- ff. 127, 129 James Hutchinson, of Sierra Leone: Letters to J. Clarkson: 1796.
- ff. 129, 131 Nathaniel Snowball: Letters to J. Clarkson: 1796.
- f. 131 Luke Jordan: Letter to T. Clarkson: 1796.
- f. 133 Lawrence Hartshorne, agent of the Sierra Leone Co: Letters to J. Clerkson: 1792, 1796.
- ff. 135, 137, 138 Lieutenant William Dawes, RN; formerly Governor of Sierra Leone: Letters to J. Clarkson: 1796.
- ff. 147, 149 Baston King: Letters to J. Clarkson: 1797, 1798.
- f. 151 Isaiah Anderson: Letter to J. Clarkson: 1798.
- f. 153 William Allen, Quaker philanthropist: Letter to J. Clarkson: 1815.: Copy.
- f. 183 Thomas Clarkson, philanthropist: Fragment of his " History of the Colony of Sierra Leone": circ. 1815.
- f. 187 Hector Peters: Letter to J. Clarkson: 1817.
- f. 192 Robert Thorpe, formerly Chief Justice of Sierra Leone: Letter to J. Clarkson: 1820.
- ff. 200, 205, 207 M- Tilley: Letters to J. Clarkson: 1824-1825.
- f. 202 D- Coates: Letter to J. Clarkson: 1824.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002093290
040-002093293 - Is part of:
- Add MS 41262-41267 : CORRESPONDENCE and papers of Thomas Clarkson, the slave trade abolitionist, and his brother, John Clarkson. These papers,…
Add MS 41263 : CLARKSON PAPERS. Vol. III. Papers chiefly relating to John Clarkson's dispute with the Sierra Leone Co., ending in his supersession… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002093290[0003]/040-002093293
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 41262-41267
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1792
- End Date:
- 1828
- Date Range:
- 31 Dec 1792-Sep 1828
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Exhibitions:
- West Africa: Word, Symbol, Song, British Library, London, 16 October 2015 - 16 February 2016
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- Petition from Sierra Leone colonists to John Clarkson, 26 October 1793. Exhibited: "West Africa: Word, Symbol, Song", British Library, London, 16 October 2015 - 16 February 2016
- Names:
- Allen, William, Quaker philanthropist
Anderson, Isaac
Anderson, Isaiah
Clarkson, John, Lieutenant; RN; first Governor of Sierra Leone 1791
Clarkson, Thomas, philanthropist and abolitionist, 1760-1846
Coates, D-
Cooper, John, of Add MS 41263
Dawes, William Nicolas, naval officer, scientist, explorer and Governor of Sierra Leone, 1762-1836
Dubois, Isaac, correspondent of John Clarkson, fl 1793
Gray, John, correspondent of John Clarkson, fl 1793
Hartshorne, Lawrence, agent of the Sierra Leone Co
Hutchinson, James, of Sierra Leone
Jordan, Luke
King, Baston
Leister, James
Murray, Moses
Perkins, Cato
Peters, Hector
Snowball, Nathaniel
Spencer, George John, 2nd Earl Spencer
Thornton, Henry, Chairman, Sierra Leone Company
Thorpe, Robert, formerly Chief Justice of Sierra Leone
Tilley, M-
Wilberforce, William, MP, philanthropist and slavery abolitionist, 1759-1833,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000122783569,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/36925883
Winterbottom, Thomas Masterman, MD - Places:
- Sierra Leone, Colony of, Africa