Series 27 - Box 27: Zachary Macaulay

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Box 27: Zachary Macaulay

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  • 1814-1835 (Creation)

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291 docs.

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Macaulay, Zachary (1768-1838), philanthropist
(1768-1838)

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Son of John Macaulay and Margaret Campbell. His career was a varied one, managing an estate in Jamaica; being Governor of Sierra Leone, 1793-1709; editing the Christian Observer which was concerned with the slave trade, 1802-1816; and holding the post of secretary to the African Institute, 1807-1812. He helped form the Anti-Slavery Society in 1823. He married Selina Mills in 1799 and died in 1838.

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Letters of Zachary Macaulay to his brother in law Thomas Babington; some incomplete. The letter of 29 Jul 1825 (126) includes a note from Matthew Babington to his father Thomas. The letter of 15 Dec 1825 (150) is written on a printed Anti-Slavery Society circular of 10 Dec 1825, and that of 18 Oct 1826 (201) on a printed Tropical Free-Labour Company circular dated 9 Oct 1826.

Letter from John Dewar to Zachary Macaulay.

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