| RefNo | RP/2/61 |
| Alternative Reference number | RP/117 |
| Title | James Montgomery to Misses Mary and Jane Roberts, written from The Mount, Sheffield |
| Description | Thanks them for two contributions of £5 each in aid of the United Brethren’s Missions. Defends the missionaries of the Brethren; they “never were friends of slavery in any other sense than as friends of slaves”. He has a document which shows that Mr Wilberforce’s work against slavery began from a series of conversations at the house of the late Lord Barham about the wretchedness of the slaves and the work of the Moravian missionaries which roused the sympathy of a lady who never rested until Mr Wilberforce took up the cause of abolition. Rev Benjamin Latrobe took a leading part in the conversations. Apologies for not visiting at Park Grange the previous Wednesday.
3 pages. (Bundle 4) |
| Date | 27 Nov 1837 |
| Extent | 1 item |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Level | Item |