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Letter to "My Lord,"
- Title
- Letter to "My Lord," Jan. 19, 1762
- Author
- Campbell, John, 1708-1775
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc Rare Lapidus Collection Box 4 Folder 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778
- Description
- 4 unnumbered pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- 73 lines on 4 sides of folded 4to sheet; a few tears along old folds. pencil annotations suggesting the letter is to Lord Holderness. Autograph letter signed (ALS).
- A letter written by Campbell in response to an "unlucky affair" in which a French frigate attacked a British slave ship resulting in the death of 600 slaves.
- Alternative Title
- Letter to Lord Holderness
- Subjects
- Correspondence
- Capture at sea > 18th century > History
- France > Foreign relations > Great Britain > 18th century
- Great Britain > Foreign relations > France > 18th century
- Slavery > Colonies > Great Britain > 18th century > History
- Great Britain > Politics and government > 18th century
- Slave ships > Great Britain > 18th century > History
- Slave trade > Great Britain > 18th century > History
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence.
- Note
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- "from Queen-Square, Ormond Street, Jan. 19, 1762."--Page 1.
- Source (note)
- of Sidney Lapidus;
- Call Number
- Sc Rare Lapidus Collection Box 4 Folder 2
- OCLC
- 949811308
- Author
- Campbell, John, 1708-1775, correspondent.
- Title
- Letter to "My Lord," Jan. 19, 1762
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778, recipient.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Rare Lapidus Collection Box 4 Folder 2