1799 WILLIAM WILBERFORCE. Important 7.5pp Letter from Leigh Richmond to William Wilberforce! Vellum acting as Secretary for the

acting as Secretary for the Baptist Missionary Society

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What a wonderful Great Awakening period letter

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1799 WILLIAM WILBERFORCE. Important 7.5pp Letter from Leigh Richmond to William Wilberforce! Vellum acting as Secretary for theThis is a wonderful and historically important piece of ephemera. Legh Richmond [1772 1827], writes here in the blossom of his career. This is apparently THE introductory letter between Wilberforce and Richmond, and it occupies a whopping 7. 5pp of extensive handwritten content. They would go on to become such close friends in the cause of the poor, working class, women, children, and the abolition of the slave trade that Richmond would name his son