Collection of autograph letters and notes signed : England, to Frederick William Chesson, 1863-1883.

A collection of 9 autograph letters signed and 2 autograph notes signed, to Frederick William Chesson; written between 1863 and 1883 from Rochdale and London; discussing the American Civil War, abolitionist movements in the United States and the United Kingdom, and the Jamaica Committee, which was formed by John Stuart Mill and others to call for the prosecution of Governor Edward Eyre for his brutal repression of the 1865 Morant Bay rebellion. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.