Newspaper articles, 23-31 Dec 1841
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 444 Vol. 20, p. 365
Comprises:
- The Record, quotation from the Anti-Slavery Reporter concerning the purchase of enslaved people from the King of Ashanti (Ghana) for the King of the Netherlands to be transported by the 'Europa'. Also contains a report of the signing of the piracy treaty by Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, 23 Dec 1841
- Morning Herald; report of a meeting of the Edinburgh Wernerian Natural History Society at which a report was read from Dr Stanger about the investigation of Doctor McWilliam into the presence of sulphuretted hydrogen in the water samples obtained by the expedition, 24 Dec 1841
- Morning Herald; report of a meeting of the Zoological Society at which a letter was read from Fraser, the naturalist on the expedition, about the specimens he had collected and returned to England and his reservation of supplies for preserving animals until he reached the Niger so that they might expect many more specimens, 31 Dec 1841
- Morning Herald; report of the treaty agreed between the captain of the 'Iris' and King Pepple and the chiefs of the Bonny for the suppression of the slave trade, 31 Dec 1841
- Morning Herald; report of the export of enslaved people by the Dutch from Elmina to Sumatra, 28 Dec 1841
- The Record; report of the five-part treaty signed by Britain for the suppression of the slave trade, 23 Dec 1841.
Dates
- Creation: 23-31 Dec 1841
Extent
1 page
Language of Materials
- English
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Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 444 Vol. 20, p. 365
Existence and Location of Copies
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