Manuscripts

Memorial of British Merchants in the Gambia [about the slave trade]

Description: 5p. Enclosed in: CN 125.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1820, Aug. 20-21.
Call number: CN 206
Creator: Clarkson, Thomas (1760-1846)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: purchased from Eric M. Bonner, 1949.; purchased from Maggs Bros., 1952.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people: Mirabeau, Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti, (1749-1791,); Alexander (1777-1825,)
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