BIB_ID
405760
Accession number
MA 2794.3
Creator
Bright, John, 1811-1889.
Display Date
1866 January 2.
Credit line
Gift of Herbert Cahoon, 1970.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 12.4 x 10.2 cm
Notes
Addressed to Chesson at "65 Fleet St. / London."
Docketed.
Bright was a member of the Jamaica Committee, formed in 1865 to call for the prosecution of Governor Edward Eyre for his brutal repression of the Morant Bay rebellion.
Docketed.
Bright was a member of the Jamaica Committee, formed in 1865 to call for the prosecution of Governor Edward Eyre for his brutal repression of the Morant Bay rebellion.
Provenance
Gift of Herbert Cahoon, 1970.
Summary
Making reference to an enclosure (no longer with the letter); asking about the progress of the Jamaica Committee in general and the activities of specific members; asking about Edward Eyre: "Is anything in progress toward the prosecution of Govr. Eyre & his accomplices?"; offering to send money to aid the committee.
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