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GB 0096 AL215 · Fonds · 1826

Letter from Thomas Clarkson of Woodbridge, [Suffolk] to Peter Clare of Manchester, 21 Apr 1826. Thanking him for details of a successful petition: 'Yours indeed is a great triumph, when you consider the opposition, if I may so call it, of the Boroughreeve ... It was much the case at Glasgow, where the hireling [James] Macqueen, the Editor of a Glasgow paper [?Glasgow Herald], and pensioned by two of the West Indian legislatures, and a host of W. India planters owners of West Indiamen and coopers, mechanics working for that employ resided ... There is ... something so good in our cause [the abolition of slavery], that it must always make its way among a moral people.

Autograph, with signature.

Clarkson , Thomas , 1760-1846 , slavery abolitionist
GB 0096 AL531 · Fonds · [1807-1816]

Letter from Thomas Clarkson of Bury [St Edmunds, Suffolk] to Rev M Maurice, [1807-1816]. Urging him to restore the committee at Southampton to promote a petition to Parliament in favour of a plan for the improvement of the condition of the slave population.

Clarkson , Thomas , 1760-1846 , slavery abolitionist
GB 0096 AL514 · Fonds · 1826

Letter from Thomas Clarkson of Playford Hall [near Ipswich, Suffolk] to Henry Hope, 'at the Bank', Wells, Somerset, 9 Jan 1826. Printed circular letter, asking for support for the petition to Parliament to urge them to carry out a plan for the improvement of the condition of the slave population. An addition in MS asks Hope to promote petitions in Wells, Shepton Mallet, Bruton and neighbouring towns. A note in another hand has been added to the dorse of the second leaf. A newspaper cutting Extracts from the new Jamaica Slave Code accompanies the letter.

Clarkson , Thomas , 1760-1846 , slavery abolitionist
GB 0096 AL31 · Fonds · 1830

Letter from William Cobbett of Botley, Hampshire to Mr Akerman of 183 Fleet Street, London, 15 Mar 1830. 'I beg you to pay particular attention to every part of this letter. It is a matter of the greatest importance.' Detailed instructions follow for the preparation of the petition against [Sir Robert] Wilmot-Horton's Emigration project, which appeared in the Register on Saturday 20 Mar 1830.

Autograph, with signature.

Cobbett , William , 1763-1835 , political writer and farmer x Porcupine , Peter
CRIPPLEGATE WARD
GB 0074 CLC/W/HG · Collection · 1825-1978

Records of Cripplegate Ward, Corporation of London, comprising wardmote agenda papers and petitions to the Court of Common Council. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff at various dates.

Cripplegate Ward , Corporation of London
Eliot, John: letter (1819)
GB 0096 AL320 · Fonds · 1819

Letter from John Eliot of London to Edward Carroll via the Post Office, Worcester, 16 Jan 1819. Referring to the Meeting for Sufferings held the previous day at which the petition to the House of Commons on the subject of capital punishment was signed by the 38 members present 'and liberty was given for any that were then absent to add their names by calling at the Clerk's Office. The subscription is - Signed by us, member of a Meeting for conducting the affairs of the said Society [the Religious Society of Friends], in the intervals of the Yearly Meeting - London, the 15th of 1mo. 1819 ...'

Autograph, with signature and date stamp.

Eliot , John , 1771-1830 , Quaker
ISLEWORTH (SYON)
GB 0074 ACC/0010 · Collection · 1656

Copy of the enrolment of a decree of the Court of Chancery in a dispute between copyhold tenants of the Manor of Isleworth Syon and the Earl of Northumberland and others, concerning heriots and customs of the manor, 1656.

Petition from certain ratepayers of Ealing against the formation of a police force, 1830.

Various.
GB 0096 AL67 · Fonds · 1832

Letter from Thomas Joplin of Levant House, St Helens Place, [London] to Joseph Hume, Esq, MP, 7 May 1832. Accompanying a copy of Joplin's petition.

Autograph, with signature.

Joplin , Thomas , c 1790-1847 , banker and author
GB 0096 AL66 · Fonds · 1832

3 letters from Thomas Joplin of Levant House, St Helens Place, [London] to Joseph Hume, Esq, MP, Apr 1832.

(i) Presenting him with a copy of Analysis and History of the Currency Question, 6 Apr 1832.

(ii) Asking for an appointment to discuss certain propositions he intends to make to the 'committee which will be chosen on Bank affairs', Apr 1832.

(iii) Enclosing a copy of Joplin's petition, Apr 1832.

Autographs, with signatures.

Joplin , Thomas , c 1790-1847 , banker and author
SAVOY PRECINCT
LMA/4037 · Collection · 1811

Petition of the inhabitants of Savoy Precinct to the House of Commons protesting against the Strand Bridge Bill, 1811.

Residents of Savoy Precinct
SMALL NATIONAL COLLECTIONS
GB 0074 CLC/539 · Collection · 1556-1943

Collection of documents relating to national events or institutions. The documents relate to varied subjects including Parliamentary elections and proceedings; taxation including tax assessments, tax agents and accounts; military commissions; the Tower of London; excise; military orders; passwords issued by royalty; bankruptcies; militia; licences; warrants; petitions; and patents.

Various.
GB 0074 CLC/103 · Collection · 1783-1790

Papers of the Society for the Benefit of the Widows of the Clergy, comprising petitions to the Society and letters patent.

Society for the Benefit of the Widows of the Clergy