Identity area
Reference code
Clarkson/Folder 1-5/Doc 9
Unique identifier
GB 275 Clarkson/Folder 1-5/Doc 9
Title
Autograph letter, signed, from Brissot de Warville, to Thomas Clarkson, from Paris
Date(s)
- 18 February 1790 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1p paper
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Bought from R. Myers & Co., 1949.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Explains that he has written and sent the Address made to the National Assembly. The cause is gaining ground amid rising opposition. We [the Societe?] are publishing a good refutation of Lamiral and another work by an inhabitant of Domingo (St. Dominique, i.e. modern Haiti). The cause of the free Negroes has been debated in our Assembly, but without success. Brissot asks Clarkson to cash an order for Louis d'Or, paying them to Bridel who delivers this letter.