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[004879] Ferguson, Adam. A Letter Proposing a Chairman for the Scottish Slavery Abolition Society. ?Edinburgh: No Publisher, 1824. First Edition. 12mo. Unbound. Ephemera. Signed by Author. Good. Autograph letter signed, a three page letter, plus address page, each page approximately 115mm x 185mm in size

Lightly browned, creased from old folds, with remnants of wax seal

Dated the 8th February 1824, Sir Adam Ferguson (1771-1855), soldier, son of the philosopher Adam Ferguson, and friend of Sir Walter Scott, writes to John Campbell (1766-1840), Congregational minister, abolitionist, and classmate of Sir Walter Scott, suggesting that “an avowed Philanthropist in character generally known & respected ‘The Man of Feeling’ might fill the chair or move the Resolutions with advantage”. ‘The Man of Feeling’ was the lawyer and writer Henry Mackenzie (1745-1831), familiarly known by the title of his sentimental first novel, who also knew Scott

With an engraving of Sir Adam Ferguson, see ODNB for all three men