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Номер объекта2014.03354.01.005
НазваниеLetter from Thomas Clarkson to Mr Hawes
Создатель Sophia Macnamara (Lady) Hawes (owner), Thomas Clarkson (creator)
ОписаниеA letter from leading abolitionist and campaigner, Thomas Clarkson to Mr Hawes. He asks Mr Hawes to Support an upcoming bill protecting seamen from involuntary impressment (or ''Crimps'') from their captains and other barbarous practices. He wants the legal rights of seamen to be enshrined in law and bemoans the lack of progress under this current government. Dated 18 July 1845
Contained within an album of letters addressed to members of the Brunel and Hawes families. The letters are contained in a brown hardback album belonging to Lady Sophia Macnamara Hawes.
Дата 1845-07-18 - 1845-07-18
Наименованиеscrapbook, letter
Наименованиеpersonal record
Материалpaper
Техникаmanufactured, hand-written
Кредитная линия“Accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government from Clive Richards OBE DL and allocated to the ss Great Britain Trust, 2017”