Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833 (politician, philanthropist, and slavery abolitionist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1759 - 1833
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Letter from William Pitt to William Wilberforce, 1792-08-08 - 1817-04-08
Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/PIT/1/3
Scope and Contents
1 manuscript letter signed from Pitt to Wilberforce and Wilberforce's note on the context of the letter in the space at the top of the first side. Pitt's letter begins by apologising for not being able to accept Wilberforce's invitation and goes on to say the King has written to ask him to accept the Lord Wardenship of the Cinque Ports upon the death of the Earl of Guildford and Pitt notes he intends to accept the offer [Pitt went on to hold the Wardenship until his death in 1806]....
Dates:
1792-08-08 - 1817-04-08
Series
Letter from William Wilberforce to Richard C. Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley, Aug. 1810
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8812/29
Scope and Contents
Sorry he is unwell; wants to talk about the subject of his last letter
Dates:
Aug. 1810
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Miscellaneous accessions
Item
Letter of William Wilberforce to William Pitt, nd [18th century]
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9750/157
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Comprises single items or small collections, chiefly correspondence, donated to or purchased by Cambridge University Library, together with a number of items and fragments found in Cambridge University Library books and bindings.
Dates:
nd [18th century]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Miscellaneous accessions
Fonds
Thornton Family: Letters and Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7674
Scope and Contents
Letters, diaries, legal documents, formal recollections, and odd scraps of personal information, chronicling the life of the Thornton family and reflecting the social life of the times. The bulk of the material covers the lifetime of E.M. Forster's great aunt Marianne Thornton. In addition to such letters of her own which have survived, she and other members of the family transcribed much of the family correspondence in several volumes of handwritten copies of letters. These include letters...
Dates:
1742-1881 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
William Smith (1756-1835) and family correspondence, journals and other papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7621
Scope and Contents
The larger part of the collection dates from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, chronicling William Smith's personal and political career, as well as illustrating the lives of his wife Frances and their children. The collection includes letters from Smith's friends, among them Charles James Fox, William Wilberforce and Sir Francis Burdett. The papers also chronicle Smith's time in Paris in 1790, where he witnessed and recorded his reactions to the 14th July celebrations. The...
Dates:
1678-1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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