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CORRESPONDENCE and Papers of Thomas Clarkson, the Slave Trade Abolitionist, and His Brother, John Clarkson British Library: Western Manuscripts CORRESPONDENCE and papers of Thomas Clarkson, the slave trade abolitionist, and his brother, John Clarkson. These papers, while still in private possession, were drawn upon by Earl Leslie Griggs for h... ([1785-1853]) (Add MS 41262-41267) Table of Contents CORRESPONDENCE and papers of Thomas Clarkson, the slave trade abolitionist, and his brother, John Clarkson. These papers, while still in private possession, were drawn upon by Earl Leslie Griggs for h... ([1785–1853]) Key Details........................................................................................................................................ 1 Provenance........................................................................................................................................ 1 Key Details Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 41262-41267 Creation Date [1785-1853] Extent and Format 8 items Languages of Material English; French Title CORRESPONDENCE and papers of Thomas Clarkson, the slave trade abolitionist, and his brother, John Clarkson. These papers, while still in private possession, were drawn upon by Earl Leslie Griggs for his book Thomas Clarkson; the Friend of Slaves (London, 1936). The names of all the writers are given in the Index. Eight volumes, arranged as follows:- ([1785-1853]) Scope and Content Slaves, Slave Trade: Papers of J. and T. Clarkson rel. to: 1785-1853. Provenance Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Add MS 41262 A (17 Jun 1785-29 Dec 1792) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 41262 A Creation Date 17 Jun 1785-29 Dec 1792 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content CLARKSON PAPERS. Vol. I. Papers of John Clarkson (1764-1828) relative to the transport of negro settlers from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Sierra Leone in 1791-2, and the founding of the colony, of which Clarkson became first Governor. Included are letters from his brother Thomas, William Wilberforce, Henry Thornton (Chairman of the Sierra Leone Co.) and Granville Sharp. John Clarkson came home on leave at the end of 1792, and did not return to Sierra Leone (cf. 41263). Paper; ff. 231. Folio. 17 June 1785-29 Dec. 1792. Lieutenant John Clarkson, RN; first Governor of Sierra Leone 1791: Correspondence and papers: 1785-1828. Colony of Sierra Leone: Correspondence and papers of J. Clarkson as the first Governor: 1785-1828. includes: • f. 1 Richard Howe, Viscount and 1st Earl Howe: Letter to P. Yorke: 1785. • ff. 3, 5, 27, 61, 82, 125, 127, 143, 184 W Wilberforce, philanthropist: Letters to J. Clarkson: 1791-1824. • ff. 9, 129 J- R- Williams, Secretary to the Sierra Leone Company: Letters to J. Clarkson: 1791-1792. • ff. 11, 63, 95, 145 Thomas Clarkson, philanthropist: Letters to J. Clarkson: 1791, 1792. • ff. 13, 24 Thomas Peters: Letters to J. Clarkson: 1791. • f. 15 Matthew Clarkson: Letter to J. Clarkson: 1791. • ff. 17, 86 Joseph Hardcastle: Letters to J. Clarkson: 1791, 1792. • ff. 21, 59 Richard Bulkeley, Governor of Nova Scotia: Letters to J. Clarkson: 1791, 1792. • f. 23 Birchtown, Nova Scotia: Petition of inhabitants to J. Clarkson: 1791. • f. 25 T- Chamberlain: Letter to L. Hartshorne: 1791. • ff. 31-197 passim Henry Thornton, Chairman, Sierra Leone Company: Letters to J. Clarkson: Page 1 2021-08-21 1791-1793. • ff. 45, 195 John W- Kingston: Letters to J. Clark-son: 1791, 1792. • ff. 47-58 Lawrence Hartshorne, agent of the Sierra Leone Co: Signature: 1791. • ff. 103, 115 Henry Thornton, Chairman, Sierra Leone Company: Letters to the Superintendent and Council of Sierra Leone: 1792. • f. 135 Reverend Nathaniel Gilbert: Letter to J. Clarkson: 1792. • f. 153 Granville Sharp, philanthropist: Letter to J. Clarkson: 1792. • f. 155 Lawrence Hartshorne, agent of the Sierra Leone Co: Letters to J. Clerkson: 1792, 1796. • f. 207 A- Elliott Griffith: Letter to J. Clarkson: 1792. • ff. 211, 213 Charms: Arabic charms given to J. Clarkson: 1792. • ff. 211,213 Arable MSS: Charms given to J. Clarkson: 1792. • f. 215 Charles Stewart, orientalist: Letter to W. Dealtry: 1807. • f. 216 William Dealtry: Letter to J. Clarkson: 1807. • f. 222 Richard Pepys: Letter to J. Clarkson: 1792. • f. 225 Reverend Melville Horne: Letter to J. Clarkson: 1792. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Add MS 41262 B (29 Oct 1791-29 Dec 1791) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 41262 B Creation Date 29 Oct 1791-29 Dec 1791 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content CLARKSON PAPERS. Vol. II. Small note-book of John Clarkson, entitled "Remarks Halifax." Paper; ff. 24. Duodecimo. 29 Oct.-29 Dec. 1791. 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. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Page 2 2021-08-21 Add MS 41263 (31 Dec 1792-Sep 1828) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 41263 Creation Date 31 Dec 1792-Sep 1828 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content 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. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Page 3 2021-08-21 Add MS 41264 (26 Nov 1791-25 Apr 1792) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 41264 Creation Date 26 Nov 1791-25 Apr 1792 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content CLARKSON PAPERS. Vol. IV. Register of medical cases among negro colonists of Sierra Ieone, 26 Nov. 1791-5 Jan. [1792], ff.1-5, followed (ff.6-35) by a private journal, 7 Mar.- [25 Apr. 1792]. At the end, reversing the volume (ff. 34 b- 39 b; a leaf is missing after this), are further notes of cases, ending 23 [Dec. 1791]. The owner of the volume was no doubt the "Mr. Taylor" mentioned in 41263, f. 170, and described in 41264, f. 21, as Surgeon to the Colony. Some of the earlier entries in the journal would appear to have been copied by John Clarkson, since they appear almost verbatim in his diary as published by F. G. Ingham, Sierra Leone after a hundred years, pp. 16-167. Paper; ff. 39. Small quarto. 26 Nov. 1791-25 Apr. 1792. Charles Taylor, Surgeon to Sierra Leone Colony: Medical register and journal: 1791-1792. Colony of Sierra Leone: Register and journal of Dr. C. Taylor, Surgeon to the Colony: 1791-1792. Medicine and Surgery: Medical register and journal of Dr. Taylor, Surgeon to Sierra Leone Colony: 1791-[1792]. Diaries and Memoranda: Medical register and journal of Dr. Taylor, Surgeon to Sierra Leone Colony: 1791-1792. Legal Status Not Public Record(s) Add MS 41265 (31 Mar 1819-18 Feb 1822) Collection Area British Library: Western Manuscripts Reference Add MS 41265 Creation Date 31 Mar 1819-18 Feb 1822 Extent and Format 1 item Scope and Content CLARKSON PAPERS. Vol. V. Official correspondence of Sir Robert, Farquhar, Bart. (1821), Governor of Mauritius, relating to the suppression of the slave trade. Copies. The chief contents are despatches from Farquhar to [Francis, 1st] Marquess of Hastings, Governor-General of Bengal, and correspondence (often in the form of copies transmitted with the despatches) with Capt. Fairfax Moresby, C.B. [G.C.B. 1865; admiral 1870], Senior Naval Officer at Mauritius, [Pierre Bernard, Baron] Milius al.
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