Letters Addressed to Thomas Walker (1749-1817) 1775-1819
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Erskine, Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron, 1750-1823
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Thomas Erskine, first Baron Erskine, British lord chancellor. From the guide to the Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine manuscript material : 2 items, ca. 1820's-1823, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Erskine won fame for his defence work in many of the show trials of the 1790's and was considered England's greatest practicing advocate in libel and adultery litigation. From the description of Correspondence...
Laurence, French, 1757-1809
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Epithet: Professor of Civil Law at Oxford and MP for Peterborough British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x000285 ...
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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Joseph Priestley was an English clergyman, political theorist, and physical scientist whose work contributed to advances in liberal political and religious thought and in experimental chemistry. He is best remembered for his contribution to the chemistry of gases. He relocated to Northumberland, Pa. From the description of Joseph Priestley papers, 1777-1835. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 53101438 Priestley and Vaughan, amongst others, founded...
Cartwright, John, 1740-1824
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English political reformer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to his nephew, Edmund Cartwright, 1802 Apr. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133483 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Windsor, to Mr. Hunter "at Mr. Johnson's Bookseller, ", 1807 July 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270134345 Epithet: political reformer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1000...
Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839
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Epithet: abolitionist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x000283 Thomas Cooper, born in London in 1759, immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1794. Well-known for his political beliefs, Cooper eventually pursued a career as a science professor and became the second president of South Carolina College in 1821. From the guide to the Thomas Cooper Papers, ., 1819-1837, (University of North Carolina at Cha...
Walker, Thomas, 1749-1817
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Epithet: merchant and abolitionist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x000282 ...
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
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Political theorist, New York. From the description of Letter, 1779 Jan. 17. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476963318 Thomas Paine, English author and revolutionary. From the guide to the Thomas Paine manuscript material : 1 item, 1788, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Revolutionary pamphleteer, author of Common Sense and The Rights of Man. From the description of ALS, [1803] ...
Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846
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Philanthropist. Entered St John's 1780. B.A. 1783. Clarkson won the members prize for Latin essay in 1785, the subject being a question 'anne liceat invitos in servitutem dare?' ('is it lawful to make slaves of others against their will?') This contest determined the course of the rest of his life. The essay was read in the Senate House to much applause in June 1785, and published by James Phillips in June 1786. He met William Wilberforce in 1786 and co-founded a committee for the suppr...
