Identity area
Reference code
Clarkson/Folder 1-5/Doc 117
Unique identifier
GB 275 Clarkson/Folder 1-5/Doc 117
Title
Autograph letter, signed, from Joseph Soul to Thomas Clarkson, from New Broad Street
Date(s)
- 2 December 1844 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
3p paper
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bought from R. Myers & Co., 1950
Content and structure area
Scope and content
On British and Foreign Anti Slavery Society headed paper. Advises Clarkson that the society will keep sending his letters and that two have been sent to two Christian newspapers. Suggests that the election of Mr. Polk (1) will bring the anti slavery cause to the fore again. Mentions a shipment of sugar from Venezuela to be exciting much comment. (1) U.S. President, 1845-49.