Identity area
Reference code
Clarkson/Folder 1-5/Doc 125
Unique identifier
GB 275 Clarkson/Folder 1-5/Doc 125
Title
Autograph letter, signed, from Joseph Soul to Thomas Clarkson, from New Broad Street
Date(s)
- 21 February 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. Informs Clarkson of the death of Mr. Buxton (1) and also of Soul's resignation from his post at the Society to devote his time to the Orphan Working School. (1) Leader of the Anti Slavery Movement in Parliament after the death of Wilberforce.