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1. Commission for John Hope Smith, 1816 November 11.
- Creator:
- Company of Merchants Trading to Africa
- Call Number:
- OSB MSS FILE 19653
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Printed form on parchment, completed in manuscript, signed, appointing John Hope Smith governor-in-chief at Cape Coast Castle for "the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa."
- Description:
- In English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Africa, Great Britain, and Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Smith, John Hope., Cape Coast Castle (Cape Coast, Ghana), and Company of Merchants Trading to Africa.
- Subject (Topic):
- Slave trade and Trading companies
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commission for John Hope Smith, 1816 November 11.
2. Letters describing life in England, 1790
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 115
- Image Count:
- 270
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand with numerous corrections, of a collection of 15 letters describing life in England, translated into French, possibly from German. The letters discuss English lotteries; the proliferation of newspapers; the constitution and the difficulty of reconciling ideology with practice; Parliamentary elections; literary societies; and the nobility. One letter describes and deplores the cruelty of amusements such as hunting, cock-fighting, and "combats des gladiateurs"; another letter mocks an English law against the illegal wearing of buttons. A letter dated December 14, 1790 discusses the possibility of the abolition of the slave trade; the author declares it is the most talked-of subject of conversation and expresses his astonishment that the trade still exists and The letters are followed by a lengthy essay explaining the Women's March on Versailles on October 5-6, 1789. The volume is prefaced by a note by the translator, who criticizes the motives of many travel writers; says that he was drawn to this letter-writer for his curiosity and interest in humanity; and explains that the writer published two volumes, the first of letters written in Paris and Versailles during the revolution in 1789, and the second of letters in England
- Description:
- In French., Binding: full calf., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, Great Britain., England, France, and Versailles (France)
- Subject (Name):
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834., Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793., and Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804.
- Subject (Topic):
- Cockfighting, Elections, Hunting, Lotteries, Slave trade, Newspapers, Nobility, Travelers' writings, French, Description and travel, History, Women, Intellectual life, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Letters describing life in England, 1790
3. Robert Bostock documents concerning the slave trade, 1810-1813
- Creator:
- Bostock, Robert, 1784-1847
- Call Number:
- OSB MSS FILE 19662
- Image Count:
- 12
- Abstract:
- Five manuscript documents concerning Robert Bostock's involvement in the recently outlawed slave trade. The earliest is the November 1810 agreement between Bostock, Mason and five "Gallinas gentlemen" that allowed Bostock and Mason to establish their slave factory "on the point of Bance Island." The remaining documents are all connected to the 1813 raid on the factory by the Royal Navy. These include the Qui Tam writ by John Edward Browne describing the capture and setting forth the Crown's charges; an abjuration of the slave trade by a Mrs. Boy; a more detailed abjuration document signed by Phillipa Hayes and John Stirling Mills that includes a confession of their participation in the trade; and a letter to Mills from "Captain Roach" regarding the seizure of the slaves and his unsettled business with Bostock
- Description:
- Robert Bostock was a Liverpool trader who continued to be involved in the slave trade after its abolition by Parliament in 1807. His factory on Bunce Island was raided by H.M.S. Thais in 1813 and 233 slaves were seized. Also captured were Bostock, his partner Charles Mason, and the captain of an American slave-ship, the "Kitty," which was to have smuggled the contraband slaves to Charleston, South Carolina., Accompanied by an item list and typed transcripts., and In English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Africa, West, Great Britain, and United States
- Subject (Name):
- Bostock, Robert, 1784-1847., Browne, John Edward., Hayes, Philippa., Mason, Charles, fl. 1810., Mills, John Stirling., Roach, Captain., Kitty (Ship), and Thais (Ship)
- Subject (Topic):
- Slave trade, History, and Slave traders
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Robert Bostock documents concerning the slave trade, 1810-1813
