Foster [more incendiary than Garrison even]
Cox" in ink under "An Observer" on the tp
A LETTER FROM WILLIAM SHIRLEY
It was likely during his campaign for the presidency
spine reinforced and binding quite shaken
1810 SLAVERY | ABOLITION. Psalm Book of One of the Most Notorious Slave Owners in England Vellum Foster [more incendiary than GarrisonWhat a wonderful and tragic little piece of history. This sleek, full red leather edition of the Psalms was a presentation copy to William Barton, Esq, Mayor of Liverpool. Barton was one third of the Liverpool shipping firm, Barton, Irlam, and Higginson. Sensing the change in England, the firm kept their own fleet clear of charges of slave trading, opting instead to concentrate on moving slave goods, i. e. cotton, sugar, etc., That said, their hands