Identity area
Reference code
Clarkson/Folder 1-5/Doc 13
Unique identifier
GB 275 Clarkson/Folder 1-5/Doc 13
Title
Autograph letter, signed, from Brissot de Warville, to Thomas Clarkson, from Paris
Date(s)
- 29 March 1790 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2p paper
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bought from R. Myers & Co., 1949
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Discusses the enactment of the Instruction for Colonial Government, and the place of 'gens de couleur' in it. It is intended to send fifty copies of Petion's printed speech to Clarkson, and to disseminate one thousand copies of Mirabeau's speech. Treasurer of the Societe Le Page is writing with details of expenses, the Societe appeals to Clarkson for financial help in its distress. Brissot enquires about the relation of the St. George's Bay Company with the settlement of Sharp, and the other independent company for Sierra Leone.