Identity area
Reference code
Clarkson/Folder 1-5/Doc 87
Unique identifier
GB 275 Clarkson/Folder 1-5/Doc 87
Title
Autograph letter, signed, from Joseph Soul to Thomas Clarkson, from New Broad Street
Date(s)
- 2 March 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 the dispatch of letters to various parties in US and England. Discusses a case of man sentenced to death in US for aiding an escaped slave and how it is causing much attention in Britain, including its mention in the House of Lords by Lord Brougham. Wishes to introduce an American called Deane to Clarkson.