Identity area
Reference code
Clarkson/Folder 1-5/Doc 15
Unique identifier
GB 275 Clarkson/Folder 1-5/Doc 15
Title
Autograph letter, signed, from Brissot de Warville, to Thomas Clarkson, from Paris
Date(s)
- 27 May 1790 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
4p 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 financial needs, and measures taken to meet them from an English bank account, in detail, and warning against various individuals connected with the Societe, including d'Oge, who have been guilty of peculation or treachery. Some pamphlets have been printed for the 'gens de couleur'. Brissot congratulates on the ' victory humanity has gained in the last struggle about the right of declaring war'. He asks for news of Sierra Leone.