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to Thomas Pringle
April 9, 1830
Allen, William, 1810-1872
Requests a note. Written in Stooke Newington area of London, England.
GLC00496.123
May 14, 1833
Banim, John, 1798-1842
The letter introduces Henry Morton.
GLC00496.128
July 9, 1837
Bourke, Richard, Sir, 1777-1855
Discusses news regarding the Stuurman case. Sir Richard Bourke was Governor of New South Wales, Australia.
GLC00496.131
May 1, 1828
Campbell, John, 1766-1840
Requests extra tickets for an antislavery meeting. Both Reverend Campbell and Pringle were abolitionists. Written in the Kingsland neighborhood of London.
GLC00496.138
January 4, 1829
Campbell, Thomas, 1763-1854
Confesses misplacing a paper. Encloses 3 pounds to help a child Pringle is sponsoring. Pringle was a Scottish abolitionist. Elder Campbell, a Seceder church preacher, was a founder of the Churches of Christ.
GLC00496.139
to Mrs. Pringle
May 4, 1838
Clarke, James, fl. 1811-1838
Encloses a notice of Thomas Pringle's work that has been published posthumously in a newspaper. Clarke was a printer.
GLC00496.145
April 18, 1830
Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846
Discusses procedures for a public meeting on protecting the enslaved people in the crown colonies, namely Jamaica. Advises shrewd planning and maintaining a schedule.
GLC00496.146
1833
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
Discusses anti-slavery legislation and Pringle's Anti-Slavery Society.
GLC00496.147
1832
Discusses abolition debates in Parliament. Preaches about moral freedoms in regard to reason and conscience.
GLC00496.148
circa 1840
Cunningham, Allan, 1784-1842
Sending Pringle his book on the life of Robert Burns. Cunningham advises him to ignore what the critics have said. Date inferred from publication of the single volume "The works of Robert Burns," published 1840. Recipient inferred from partially...
GLC00496.151
October 21, 1832
Denounces a certain critic as having no genius and no right to judge his work. Sympathizes with Pringle's problems with booksellers.
GLC00496.152
December 29, 1828
Fox, Charles Richard 1796-1873
Discusses an etching entitled "Mr. Fox and his Friends" by William Lane housed at Holland House. Fox thinks it would be fitting for an upcoming work and says his father has no objection to having it engraved. Whigs depicted in the etching include...
GLC00496.157
May 1, 1830
Fraser, James Baillie, 1783-1856
Wants Pringle to see a drawing of the massacre at Glen Coe and is eager to hear his opinions on the depiction's accuracy.
GLC00496.158
August 1830
Grant, Charles, 1778-1866
Formal letter suggesting days and times for an interview.
GLC00496.161
May 20, 1834
Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840
Letter of thanks for a book.
GLC00496.168
May 25, 1829
Howitt, Richard, 1799-1869
Voices concerns over Pringle's lack of correspondence and criticism of Howitt's work.
GLC00496.172
to Thomas Pringle and John Fairbairn
July 16, 1824
Hume, Joseph, 1777-1855
Forwards essays on government, jurisprudence, and liberty of the press for circulation in "The South African Journal." Hume was a political reformer who campaigned for universal suffrage and religious freedom.
GLC00496.174
to Edward Moxon
December 23, 1833
Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834
Edits one of Thomas Pringle's poems.
GLC00496.185
to unknown
April 15, 1831
Lee, Sarah, 1791-1856
Delivers an account of her travels. Mentions her respect for Thomas Pringle.
GLC00496.187
March 17, 1832
Macaulay, Zachary, 1768-1838
Discusses unity in matters of the Anti-Slavery Committee.
GLC00496.191
July 14, 1818
Mackenzie, George Steuart, 1780-1848
Discusses the election and the reviews of Mackenzie's "Travels in the Island of Iceland."
GLC00496.192
May 26, 1831
Mackintosh, James, 1765-1832
Discusses the failure of obtaining a pension for Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
GLC00496.193
July 24, 1834
Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855
Reports travel difficulties from an exciting trip to London. Notes, "if I had staid a week longer I should have been brought back in my coffin." Has been able to write since her return. Mounted (possibly glued) to a single piece of thick, gray paper.
GLC00496.198
August 7, 1828
Montgomery, James, 1771-1854
Discusses poetry versus fiction as an art form. Allows his poetry to be used by the Anti-Slavery Society for publication in their periodical.
GLC00496.199
August 31, 1828
Opie, Amelia Alderson, 1769-1853
She thanks Pringle for sending anti-slavery documents and positively critiques his poetry.
GLC00496.203
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