http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf8m3nb315 No online items

Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding Aid

Processed by Huntington Library staff in 1954 and updated by Vanessa Wilkie and Dorothy Auyong. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2129 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © 2017 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved.

Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding mssCN 1-210 1 Aid Overview of the Collection Title: Thomas Clarkson Papers Dates (inclusive): 1787-Approximately 1900 Bulk dates: 1781-1847 Collection Number: mssCN 1-210 Creator: Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846. Extent: 210 pieces in 5 boxes. Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2129 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org 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 and the slave trade in the United States and Africa, including the colony; activities of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society; and the private affairs of Clarkson and his family. Language: English. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Identification of item]. Thomas Clarkson Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance 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 Note 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 helped to arouse the attention of the English people to the inhumanity of the institution of slavery. Scope and Content 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 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); (5 pieces); Thomas Clarkson (48 pieces); Henri Grégoire (4 pieces); (3 pieces); Gerrit Smith (6 pieces); Joseph Soul (4 pieces); (15 pieces); (3 pieces); and Henry Clarke Wright (8 pieces). Notable correspondence in the collection includes:

Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding mssCN 1-210 2 Aid • 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) • letter on slavery in the United States, August 19, 1846 (CN 98) • letter making Clarkson an honorary member of the 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) • 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). • Correspondence and papers of Thomas Clarkson, the slave trade abolitionist, and his brother, John Clarkson, British Library (Add. Mss. 41262-41267) 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). Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. Subjects 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. 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. Forms/Genres Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain. Personal papers -- Great Britain. Alternate Authors Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825

Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding mssCN 1-210 3 Aid 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 Folder 1 1787, Aug. 11. Ramsay, James. Letter to Samuel Hoare. CN 140 1p. Teston, near Maidstone Kent.

Folder 2 1787, Aug. 23. Price, Richard. Letter to James Phillips. CN 139 2p. Eastbourne, Sussex.

Folder 3 1787, Oct. 15. Cartwright, John. Letter to Granville Sharp. CN 23 1p. Marnham, [Notts.].

Folder 4 1787, Oct. 26. Grigby, Joshua. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson?]. CN 106 2p. Drinkstone, [Suffolk].

Folder 5 [17]87, Dec. 23. Lofft, Capel. Letter to Samuel Hoare. CN 123 1p.

Folder 6 1787, Dec. 29. Ramsey, James. Letter to Samuel Hoare. CN 141 1p. Teston, near Maidstone Kent. Enclosed in CN 154.

Folder 7 1788, Aug. 28. Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves. Extract from minutes. CN 154 2p. New York. Contained enclosure (now CN 141)

Folder 8 1788, Sep. 1. Jay, John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 111 1p. New York.

Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding mssCN 1-210 4 Aid Papers

Folder 9 1788, Oct. 13. Sharp, Granville. Letter to [John Coakley] Lettsom. CN 147 10p. Wicken Park, Bucks.

Folder 10 1789, Mar. 26. Extract du Registre de la Societe Royal d'Agriculture. CN 202 4p. In French.

Folder 11 1789, Nov. 13. [Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to [Honoré Gabriel Riquitti], Comte de Mirabeau. CN 35 15p.

Folder 12 1789, Nov. 17. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Honoré Gabriel Riquetti], Comte de Mirabeau. CN 36 10 p.

Folder 13 1789, Dec. 1. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Auguste Jean Baptiste] Bouvet [de Cresse]. CN 53 7p.

Folder 14 1789. Dec. 7. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Honoré Gabriel Riquetti], Comte de Mirabeau. CN 37 9p.

Folder 15 1787, Dec. 8. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau]. CN 38 6p.

Folder 16 1789, Dec. 9. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Honoré Gabriel Riquetti], Comte de Mirabeau. CN 39 11p.

Folder 17 1789, Dec. 11. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Honoré Gabriel Riquetti], Comte de Mirabeau. CN 40 9p.

Folder 18 1790, Mar. 28. Villeneuve, Geoffrey de. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 187 3p. Paris.

Folder 19 1790, May 10. Pemberton, James. [Certificate of membership issued to] Thomas Clarkson as member of the Pennsylvania society for promoting the abolition of slavery. CN 135 1p. Philadelphia. Printed form, filled in. Also signed by Caspar Wistar, junior.

Folder 20 [Approximately 1790]. Wilberforce, [William]. Questions to be asked witnesses before Parliament on the subject of the Slave Trade. CN 191 6p. Endorsed by Thomas Clarkson.

Folder 21 1791, Nov. 16. Clarkson, Matthew. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 32 2p. Philadelphia.

Folder 22 1792, Oct. 6. Pemberton, James. [Certificate of membership in the] Pennsylvania Society for promoting the abolition of slavery (issued to] Thomas Clarkson. CN 136 1p. Philadelphia. Printed form, filled in. Also signed by John McCree and Joseph Parker Norris.

Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding mssCN 1-210 5 Aid Papers

Folder 23 [Approximately 1792]. 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 36p.

Folder 24 1799, Aug. 16. Clarkson, A. Ward, Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 30 3p. [Cambs.].

Folder 25 [1808], May 10. [Wordsworth, Dorothy]. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 201 4p.

Folder 26 [Approximately 1810?]. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Friendly Society at Sierra Leone. CN 55 7p.

Folder 27 1814, June 21. Clarkson, Thomas, Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 41 3p. London.

Folder 28 [1814], June 28-29]. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 42 3p.

Folder 29 [1814], June 30]. Clarkson, Thomas, Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 43 2p.

Folder 30 [1814, July 1]. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 44 3p.

Folder 31 1814, Aug. 24. [Bill to Thomas Clarkson for sundries]. CN 203 2p.

Folder 32 [Approximately 1814], Oct. 8. [Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to [Honore Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau]. CN 34 6p.

Folder 33 1814, Dec. 31. [Grenville, William Wyndham, Baron] Grenville. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 105 8p.

Folder 34 1815, Mar. 6. Richardson, Joseph (b). Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 143 2p. Philadelphia.

Folder 35 1815, Sep. 9. Agreement for hire of cabriolet. CN 204 1p. Calais.

Folder 36 1815, Sep. 20. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 45 3p.

Folder 37 [1815]. [Clarkson, Thomas]. Paper…to interfere for better treatment of negroes in W. Indies. CN 56 4p.

Folder 38 1816, June 12. Lewis, Evan. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson], extract. CN 122 6p. Wilmington, Del.

Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding mssCN 1-210 6 Aid Papers

Folder 39 1817, Mar. 18. [Clarkson, Thomas], Letter to Francis Scott Key. CN 57 4p.

Folder 40 1817, Mar. 18. Clarkson, Thomas. Re. location for settling free negroes. CN 58 4p. London.

Folder 41 1817, Nov. 8. Key, Francis Scott. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 117 1p. Georgetown, D.C.

Folder 42 1817, Nov. 10. Caldwell, E. B. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 22 2p. Washington, D.C.

Folder 43 1818, Jan 15-16. Mills of Burgess (firm). Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 128 3p. London.

Folder 44 1817, Jan. [Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to [Alexander I], Emperor of Russia. CN 51 4p. Last paragraph in the handwriting of Thomas Clarkson.

Folder 45 1818, Feb. 25. [Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to [Alexander I], Emperor of Russia. CN 52 3p.

Folder 46 1818. Sep. 30 - Oct. 5. Clarkson, Thomas. Copies of letters to [Alexander I], Emperor of Russia, and Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, [after 2d Marquis of Londonderry] CN59 4p. Aix-la-Chapelle.

Folder 47 1818, Oct. 3. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 46 4p. Aix-la-Chapelle.

Folder 48 1818, Oct. 9. [Clarkson, Thomas]. Interview with [Alexander I,] Emperor of Russia. CN 60 10p. Aix-la-Chapelle.

Folder 49 1818, Dec. 23. MacCarthy, Sir Charles. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 124 4p. Sierra Leone.

Box 2 1819-1823 Folder 1 1819, Feb. 3. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Prince Sanders CN 61 4p. London.

Folder 2 1819, Mar. 8. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Roberts Vaux CN 63 8p.

Folder 3 1819, June 14. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Richard Peters. CN 62 3p.

Folder 4 [Approximately 1819]. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Sir Charles] MacCarthy. CN 65 7p.

Folder 5 [Approximately 1819]. Clarkson, Thomas. Hints for executing the Treaty North of the Line: [regarding rights to search vessels for slavery]. CN 66 2p.

Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding mssCN 1-210 7 Aid Papers

Folder 6 1820, Jan. 31. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Roberts Vaux. CN 64 7p.

Folder 7 1820, May 16. [Note on] Missouri Question. CN 205 2p.

Folder 8 1820, May 29. Surry, Comte de. Extract of the report made…in the house of Peers reporting on the proposed Law of the Customs. CN 176 3p3

Folder 9 1820, June 2. Laisne de Villeveque. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 118 1p. Paris.

Folder 10 1820, June 3. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 47 3p. Paris.

Folder 11 1820, June 6. Gregoire, [Henri, Constitutional Bp. Of Blois]. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 101 2p. Paris.

Folder 12 1820, July 8. Turckheim, Baron. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 186 3p. Paris.

Folder 13 1820, July 28. Coquerel, Charles Augustin. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 88 4p. Paris.

Folder 14 1820, Aug. 20-21. Memorial of British Merchants in the Gambia [about the slave trade]. CN 206 5p. Enclosed in: CN 125.

Folder 15 1820, Nov. 14. MacCarthy, Sir Charles. Letter to Thomas Harrison. CN 125 3p. [London]. Contained enclosure (now CN 206).

Folder 16 1820, Dec. 14. Gregoire, [Henri Constitutional Bp. Of Blois]. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 102 4p. Paris.

Folder 17 [1820?]. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to [Manoel] Gonçalves [de Miranda?] CN 67 2p. Paris.

Folder 18 [Approximately 1820?]. [Clarkson, Thomas]. [List of French addresses]. CN 68 1p.

Folder 19 [Approximately 1820?]. Clarkson, Thomas. A few places on the Coast of Africa fit for Colonization… CN 69 30p.

Folder 20 [Approximately 1820?]. [Clarkson, Thomas]. The African Prince: [a story]. CN 70 ms 14 leaves.

Folder 21 [Approximately 1820]. [Morenas, Joseph Elzéar]. Some intelligence about the slave-trade at Senegal. CN 132 6p.

Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding mssCN 1-210 8 Aid Papers

Folder 22 [1820?]. 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 17p.

Folder 23 [Approximately 1820?]. Williams, Helen Maria. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. [Re: the Rodeur] CN 192 3p.

Folder 24 [Approximately 1820?]. [Memorandum regarding Sierra Leone]. CN 208 2p.

Folder 25 1821, July. Gregoire, [Henri, Constitutional Bp. Of] Blois. Letter to (see note)* CN 104 2p. Paris. *See note in file that suggests addressee is Mrs. Clarkson.

Folder 26 1821, Aug. 23. Dupuy, Baron A. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 94 5p. Cape Haytien, [Haiti]. In French.

Folder 27 1822, Jan. 3. Laroche, Benjamin. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 119 2p. In French.

Folder 28 1822 Aug. 22. Thomas, Philip Evan. Letter to James Cropper. CN 182 6p. Baltimore.

Folder 29 1822, Oct. 25. Allen, William. Letter to [Mathieu Jean Felicite de Montmorency-Laval. Duc] de Montmorency. CN 1 4p. Verona.

Folder 30 1822, Nov. 30. Cripps, William Buck. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 89 8p. Pennfield, [New Brunswick].

Folder 31 1823, May 13. Gregoire, [Henri, Constitutional Bp. Of] Blois. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 103 4p. Paris. French.

Folder 32 1823, July. Quelques notes sur le Senegal. CN 207 37 p. In French.

Folder 33 [1823?]. [Clarkson, Thomas]. [Notes on supporters, arranged by county]. CN 71 40p.

Folder 34 [Approximately 1823]. [Clarkson, Thomas]. [Lists of supporters]. CN 72 12p.

Folder 35 1823-1824. [Clarkson, Thomas]. Speech used in forming the Committees in 1823 & 1824. CN 73 12p.

Folder 36 [1823?]. List of petitions sent to Parliament. CN 209 8p.

Box 3 1824-1842

Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding mssCN 1-210 9 Aid Papers

Folder 1 1824, July 10. [Blomfield, Charles James, Bp of London]. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 16 5p. Chesterford, [Essex].

Folder 2 1824 [Clarkson, Thomas]. Speech [regarding the necessity of continuing the London Committee]. CN 74 7p.

Folder 3 1826, Feb. 8. Toone, John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 184 4p. Salisbury, [Wilts.].

Folder 4 1827, July 14. Tilley, Matthew. Letter to John Clarkson. CN 183 4p. , Sierra Leone, [Africa].

Folder 5 1827, July 30. Forster, Josiah. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 97 4p. Tottenham, [Middlesex.]. Lower portion of second leaf torn away. Written on behalf of the New York Manumission Society.

Folder 6 1828, June 28. Colman?, Cadwallader D. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 85 3p. New York.

Folder 7 1828, Nov. 19. Crosfield, Jos. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 90 4p. Hartshill, [Warwicks.]. Included: "Thoughts on British colonial slavery." By the Rev. Daniel Wilson.

Folder 8 1833, Sep. 25. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, [1st Bart.] CN 75 3p. Playford Hall.

Folder 9 1833, Oct. 24. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to Crisp. CN 76 6p. Playford Hall, [Suffolk]. Removed or Separated Material Note: Removed from Sandford, Margaret E. Poole. Thomas Poole and his friends, 1888 (RB 152302)

Folder 10 1833, Dec. 10. Watson, William (b). Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 188 4p. Wisbech. On conjugate leaf: list of friends of Clarkson in Wisbech.

Folder 11 1834, April 8. Sprague, William Bull. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 159 2p. Albany, N.Y.

Folder 12 1834. Apr. 29. Fisher, Joshua Francis. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 96 2p. Philadelphia.

Folder 13 1839, Feb. 13. Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 161 3p. Birmingham.

Folder 14 1839, Mar. 21. [Browne, Howe Peter, 2d Marquis of] Sligo. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 17 4p. London.

Folder 15 [Approximately 1839?] July 4. Desmousslaux, de Givre Gaston. Letter to [unknown] CN 92 4p. London. In French.

Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding mssCN 1-210 10 Aid Papers

Folder 16 1839, July 23. Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, 1st Bart. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 21 1p.

Folder 17 1839, July 13. Parrish, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 134 3p. Philadelphia.

Folder 18 1839, Dec. 9. Nicolls, Edward. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 133 6 p. Shooters Hill, [Kent].

Folder 19 1840, Sep. 7. Isambert, François André. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 109 3p. Chateau de Bignon [France]. In French.

Folder 20 1840, Oct. 19. Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 162 2p. Birmingham.

Folder 21 1840, Nov. 2. Doyle, Elizabeth and Hannah. Letter to Catherine [(Buck)] Clarkson. CN 93 3p.

Folder 22 1840, Nov. 2. Smith, Gerrit. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 148 2p. Peterboro, N.Y. On conjugate leaf: Printed letter of Gerrit Smith to President Schmucker. Peterboro, June 19th, 1838. (2p)

Folder 23 1840, Nov. 11. Sturge, Joseph,. Letter to Mary Clarkson, [aftw. Dickinson]. CN 174 3p. Birmingham.

Folder 24 1840, Nov. 30-Dec. 1. Colver, Nathaniel. Letter to [unknown] CN 86 1p. , [Mass.].

Folder 25 1840, Dec. 4. Isambert, François André. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 110 3p. Paris. In French.

Folder 26 [Approximately 1840?] [Clarkson, Catherine (Buck)]. Letter to Thomas Hodgkin. CN 31 3p.

Folder 27 1841, Jan. 29. Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 163 2p. London.

Folder 28 1841, June 29. Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 164 1p. Worcester, Mass.

Folder 29 1841, Mar. 18. Montagu, Basil. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 130 4p. Signed Anne and Basil Montagu.

Folder 30 1841, Mar. 20. [Denman, Thomas. 1st Baron] Denman. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 91 2p. London.

Folder 31 1841, Mar. 23. Taylor, Alexander S. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 180 4p. Earlham Hall, [Norfolk].

Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding mssCN 1-210 11 Aid Papers

Folder 32 1841, Apr. 9. Smith, Gerrit. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 149 2p. Peterboro, N.Y. On conjugate leaf: Smith Elizabeth. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. 1841, Apr. 10 (1p).

Folder 33 1841, May 4. Trew, J. M. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 185 11p. London.

Folder 34 [1841, after May 4 ]. [Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to J. M. Trew. CN 48 4p.

Folder 35 1841, June 22. Gurney, Joseph John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 107 5p. Norwich.

Folder 36 1841, June 30. Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Hope H. Slaughter. CN 175 5p.

Folder 37 1841, June 30. Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 165 2p. New York.

Folder 38 1841, July. Channing, William Ellery. Letter to Thomas Clarkson CN 24 2p. Boston, [Mass.].

Folder 39 1841, July 19. Smith, Gerrit. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 150 1p. Peterboro, N.Y. On conjugate leaf: printed form letter about temperance (2p).

Folder 40 1841, July 19. Saint Anthoine. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 144 1p. Paris. In French.

Folder 41 1841 [Clarkson, Thomas]. A letter to the clergy and slave-holders of the United States, particularly the Southern. CN 77 34p. Contemporary copy. With Clarkson's endorsement.

Folder 42 [1841?]. [Clarkson, Thomas]. A letter to the clergy and slave-holders of the United States, particularly the Southern. CN 78 13p. Contemporary copy.

Folder 43 [1841]. [Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to J. M. Trew. CN 49 12p.

Folder 44 1842, Jan. 15. Beaumont, John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 8 3p.

Folder 45 1842, Jan. 19. Barrot, Odillon. Letter to George William Alexander. CN 7 2p. Paris.

Folder 46 1842, Mar. 20. Beaumont, John. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 9 3p.

Folder 47 1842, Apr. 11. Beaumont, John. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 10 3p.

Folder 48 1842, Apr. 14. Scales, Thomas. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 145 2p. Leeds.

Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding mssCN 1-210 12 Aid Papers

Folder 49 1842, Apr. 25. Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 166 3p. Birmingham.

Folder 50 1842, May 16. Grahame, James. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 100 2p. Nantes.

Folder 51 1842, May 16. Sturge, Joseph. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 167 2p. Birmingham.

Folder 52 1842, July 25. Hawes, Sir Benjamin. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 108 3p. Mortlake, [].

Folder 53 1842, Sep. 7. Beaumont, John. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 11 4p.

Folder 54 1842, Sep 10. Beaumont, John. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 12 3p.

Folder 55 1842, Sep. 17. Backhouse, John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 5 3p. Darlington, [Durham].

Folder 56 1842, Oct. 29-Nov. 10. 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 3p. London.

Folder 57 1842, Dec. 6. [Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to J. M. Trew. CN 50 4p.

Folder 58 1842 [Clarkson, Thomas]. Letter to [Achille Charles Lé Victor], duc de Broglie CN 79 9p. With endorsement in the handwriting of Thomas Clarkson.

Box 4 1843-1900 and ephemera Folder 1 1843, Feb. 15. Beaumont, John. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 13 3p.

Folder 2 1843, Feb. 21. Baring, Alexander, 1st Baron Ashburton. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 6 4p. Piccadilly, [London].

Folder 3 1843, Mar. 13-31. Madden, Richard Robert. Letter to the British Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, London. CN 126 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)

Folder 4 1843, Apr. 12. Beaumont, John. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 14 3p.

Folder 5 [1843], June 5. Buller, Charles, Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 18 4p. London.

Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding mssCN 1-210 13 Aid Papers

Folder 6 [1843], July 19. Buller, Charles, Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 19 2p. 2 Chester Place.

Folder 7 1843, Nov. 15. Leavitt, Joshua. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 120 3p. Boston, [Mass.].

Folder 8 1843, Dec. 30. Smith, Gerrit. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 151 1p. Peterboro, N.Y.

Folder 9 [1843]. Buller, Charles, Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 20 12p. 2 Chester Place.

Folder 10 [Approximately 1843]. [Clarkson, Thomas]. [Memorandum on state of the nation] CN 80 1p.

Folder 11 1844, Jan. 12. Leavitt, Joshua. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 121 3p. Washington, [D.C.].

Folder 12 1844, Jan. 20. [Stanley, John Thomas, 1st Baron] Stanley. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 160 7p. St. James Square, [London].

Folder 13 1844, Jan. 24. Beaumont, John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 15 3p.

Folder 14 1844, Jan. 30. Soul, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 155 3p. [London].

Folder 15 1844, Feb. 7. Soul, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 156 3p. [London].

Folder 16 1844, Feb. 9. Soul, Joseph, Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 157 2p. [London].

Folder 17 1844, Feb. 12. Soul, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 158 3p. [London].

Folder 18 [1844, Feb. 27]. Tappan, Lewis. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 177 1p. New York. On reverse: 1844 Mar. 27. Wright, Elizabeth. Letter to Thomas Clarkson (1p).

Folder 19 1844, Mar. 22. Kellogg, H. H. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 116 3p. Darlington, [Durham].

Folder 20 1844, Mar. 23. Sturge, Joseph. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 168 2p. Birmingham.

Folder 21 1844, May 8. Smith, Gerrit. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 152 1p. Peterboro, N.Y.

Folder 22 1844, July 10. Whittier, John Greenleaf. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 190 3p. Amesbury, Mass.

Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding mssCN 1-210 14 Aid Papers

Folder 23 1844, July 25. Clay, Cassius Marcellus. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 82 3p. Lexington, Ky.

Folder 24 1844, Sep. 25. Pennington, James. W. C. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 137 4p. Hartford, Conn.

Folder 25 1844, Oct. 1. Chapman, Maria Weston. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 25 4p. Boston, [Mass.].

Folder 26 1844, Dec. 3. Weld, Lewis. Letter to Joseph Soul. CN 189 3p. .

Folder 27 1844, Dec. 6. Clay, Cassius Marcellus. Letter to John Scoble. CN 83 2p. Lexington, Ky.

Folder 28 1844, Dec. 14. Pennington, James. W. C. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 138 3p. Hartford, Conn.

Folder 29 1845, Jan. 1. Smith, Gerrit. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 153 3p. Peterboro, N.Y.

Folder 30 1845, Jan. 17. Chapman, Maria Weston. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 26 8p. Boston, [Mass.].

Folder 31 1845, Jan. 26. Tappan, Lewis. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 178 2p. New York.

Folder 32 1845, Feb. 8. Metcalfe, Charles [Theophilus, Baron Metcalfe]. Letter to Joseph Soul. CN 127 1p. Montreal.

Folder 33 1845, Mar. 1. Sturge, Joseph. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 169 4p. Birmingham.

Folder 34 1845, Mar. 22. Jay, William (a). Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 112 3p. New York. Lower portion of second leaf torn away.

Folder 35 1845, Mar. 31. Tappan, Lewis. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 179 1p. 3 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. New York.

Folder 36 1845, Apr. 11. Sturge, Joseph, Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 170 4p. Birmingham. With endorsement.

Folder 37 1845, Aug. 16. Chapman, Maria Weston. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 27 3p. Boston, [Mass.].

Folder 38 1845, July 28. [Cooper, Anthony Ashley, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury]. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 87 2p. Ryde, [Hants.].

Folder 39 1845, Sep. 2. Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 193 3p.

Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding mssCN 1-210 15 Aid Papers

Folder 40 1845, Sep. 13. Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 194 4p. Glasgow.

Folder 41 1845, Sep. 27. Rhoads, Samuel. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 142 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.

Folder 42 1845, Oct. 20. Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 196 4p. Glasgow.

Folder 43 1845, Nov. 2. Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson CN 197 4p. Glasgow.

Folder 44 1845, Nov. 6. Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to [Catherine (Buck) Clarkson]. CN 198 3p. Glasgow.

Folder 45 1845, Nov. 10. Montagu, Basil. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 131 4p.

Folder 46 1845, Nov. 17. Collier, William. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 84 2p. Plymouth.

Folder 47 1845, Nov. 24. Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 195 4p. Glasgow. With envelope.

Folder 48 1845, Nov. 20. Montagu, Anne D. B. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 129 5p. [London].

Folder 49 1845, Nov. 24. Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 199 3p. Glasgow.

Folder 50 1845, Nov. 30. Wright, Henry Clarke. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 200 2p. Kirkcaldy, [Scotland].

Folder 51 1845, Dec. 17. Armstrong, George. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 2 3p. .

Folder 52 1846, Jan 28. Chapman, Maria Weston. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 28 4p. Boston, Mass.

Folder 53 1846, Jan. 31. Sturge, Joseph. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 171 1p. Birmingham.

Folder 54 1846, Feb. 2. Jay, William (a). Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 113 3p. Bedford, N.Y.

Folder 55 1846, Mar. 1. Eden, John. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 95 2p. Northampton, Mass.

Folder 56 1846, Apr. 7. Sturge, Joseph. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 172 2p.

Folder 57 1846, Apr. 16. Sturge, Joseph. Letter to [Thomas Clarkson]. CN 173 1p. Birmingham.

Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding mssCN 1-210 16 Aid Papers

Folder 58 1846, June 27. Chapman, Maria Weston. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 29 4p. Boston, [Mass.].

Folder 59 1846, Aug 4. Jay, William (a). Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 114 3p. Bedford, N.Y.

Folder 60 1846, Aug. 19. Garrison, William Lloyd. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 98 4p. London. With envelope.

Folder 61 1846, Aug. 26. Garrison, William Lloyd. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 99 4p. Bristol.

Folder 62 1846, Sep. 5. Armstrong, George. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 4 5p. Bristol.

Folder 63 1846, Sep. 9. Clarkson, Thomas. Letter to "Dear Richard". CN 81 3p. Playford Hall, [Suffolk].

Folder 64 1846, Sep. 11. Armstrong, George. Letter to Thomas Clarkson. CN 3 3p. Bristol.

Folder 65 1847, Feb. 10. Jay, William. Letter to Catherine (Buck) Clarkson. CN 115 3p. New York.

Folder 66 [Approximately 1900]. [Biographical notes on John Clarkson and the Clarkson family]. CN 210 6 leaves fol.

Folder 67 Ephemera 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]. Approximately 1839. Clarkson, Thomas. History of the African Institution as connected with the Abolition of Slavery and the Foreign Slave Trade. CN 33 (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."

Thomas Clarkson Papers: Finding mssCN 1-210 17 Aid