Wilberforce, William (philanthropist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1759 - 1833
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
24 letters of John Cunningham and Colin MacLarty, both in Jamaica, to friends and relatives at Greenock.
File
Identifier: Acc.7285-is now MS.50258
Scope and Contents
Discussing the effects of fever and commenting on the anti-slavery campaign of Wilberforce.
Dates:
1772-1801.
Correspondence of the Warden family, 1819-1857.
File
Identifier: MS.50259
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1819-1835, of, to and concerning Alexander Warden and various members of the Warden family in relation to his life in Trinidad, his role as a surgeon in the militia, his views on slavery, the emancipation of enslaved people and resistance to slavery, and advice to his brother in Turriff (folios 1-44).Letters, 1836-1842, of MB Warden to various members of the Warden family, and of John Watson to MB Warden, concerning Alexander Warden’s death, plans to send her children to...
Dates:
1819-1857.
Letter, 1789, of William Wilberforce.
File
Identifier: Acc.6182
Scope and Contents
With passport, 1854, of the Reverend Robert Boog Watson.
Dates:
1789, 1854.
Letters from Jamaica of John Clark, John Cunningham and Colin MacLarty to friends and relatives at Greenock.
File
Identifier: MS.50258
Scope and Contents
Clark, JohnLetter, 1772, of John Clark to Peggy Clark concerning the death of his uncle and the dangers of excessive drinking (folios 1-2).Cunningham, JohnLetters, 1776-1801, of John Cunningham to Peggy Clark concerning his voyage to Jamaica, sale of a share in a plantation, the sale of enslaved people, the Second Maroon War, his health and his desire to return to Scotland (folios 3-22).MacLarty, ColinLetters, 1790 and 1792, of...
Dates:
1772-1801.
Letters of William Wilberforce to ?various recipients., 1802, 1807.
File
Identifier: MS.42587
Scope and Contents
(1) Wrapper, with a note in the hand of John Murray II : "Four autograph letters of William Wilberforce presented to me by J. Colquhun Esq Feb 14. 1838";
(2) letter, 6 January 1802, of William Wilberforce to [?];
(3) letter, 12 May 1802, of William Wilberforce to [?];
(4) letter, 7 August 1807, of William Wilberforce to [?];
(5) letter, 15 August 1807, of William Wilberforce to [?].
Dates:
1802, 1807.