Identity area
Reference code
Clarkson/Folder 1-5/Doc 122
Unique identifier
GB 275 Clarkson/Folder 1-5/Doc 122
Title
Autograph letter, signed, from Joseph Soul to Thomas Clarkson, from New Broad Street
Date(s)
- 31 January 1845 (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., 1950
Content and structure area
Scope and content
On British and Foreign Anti Slavery Society headed paper. Acknowledges receipt of a letter, along with another from Mr. Gerritt Smith. Advises that they are most beneficial to the cause, that they will be published shortly and will counteract the claim that the Liberty Party are not being true to their principles by supporting Polk (1), a slaveholder. Discusses the sending of a sum of money to a lady in Boston. (1) U.S. president, 1845-49.