Item Doc 4 - Autograph letter, signed, from Thomas Clarkson, to Rev. Mr. Jones, Trinity College, from Soho

Identity area

Reference code

Clarkson/Folder 1-5/Doc 4

Unique identifier

GB 275 Clarkson/Folder 1-5/Doc 4

Title

Autograph letter, signed, from Thomas Clarkson, to Rev. Mr. Jones, Trinity College, from Soho

Date(s)

  • 9 July 1789 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1p paper

Context area

Name of creator

(1760-1846)

Biographical history

Entered St John's 1780, BA 1783. Clarkson won the Members' Prize for a Latin Essay in 1785, the subject being 'anne liceat invitos in servitutem dare?' ('is it lawful to make slaves of others against their will?'). This contest determined the course of ... »

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Given through Mr. Bellamy of Messrs Ginn & Co., Cambridge, 1963

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Introduces Gustavus Vassa [i.e. Olaudah Equiano], an African, who wishes to visit Cambridge, and asks for help in selling Vassa's autobiography.