Identity area
Reference code
Wilberforce/22
Unique identifier
GB 275 Wilberforce/22
Title
ALS to Mrs Buxton, from East Farleigh
Date(s)
- 27 Mar. 1833 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
6p paper
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bought from Goodspeed's Bookshop, Boston, Mass., USA, 1968.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Discusses the employment of his amanuensis, asks for information on Lord Grey and also asks for any intelligence regarding Prince Czartoriski, the Polish statesman, who he has been endeavouring to meet. Asks about a petition in Parliament [possibly concerning the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833].