Great Britain
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
"The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade"
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-021
Abstract
In Thomas Clarkson's manuscript "The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade," he describes the Quaker influence in the abolitionist movement in Britain and the parliamentary debates leading to the Slave Trade Act of 1807. The manuscript describes both the arguments in support and in opposition to abolition, and the actions of the members of the abolition movement. Volume 1 contains the early history of the abolition movement until July,...
Dates:
Undated.
Map of Great Britain and Ireland
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-022
Scope and Content note
This collection is comprised of the single map of Great Britain and Ireland, with Quaker meetings marked on the map by Joseph Pease, Jr.
Dates:
1823
Queen's Dolls' House Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: BMC-M100
Abstract
The Queen's Dolls' House was created between 1921 and 1924 as a gift from the British people to their monarch. The project was organized by Princess Marie Louise, a cousin of the king, who solicited artists, authors,and craftsmen for donations for the various rooms and furnishings. The majority of this collection is 396 letters addressed to the Princess Marie Louise by artists who had been invited to contribute works for the print files in the library of the dollhouse. These letters...
Dates:
1922 - 1923
Found in:
Bryn Mawr College
