INDIGENOUS

[Aborigines' Protection Society] Autograph Note Signed "F.W. Chesson" to P. J. King, London Parliamentary Bookseller of 12 Bridge St, Westminster and other addresses

Author: 
F.W. Chesson (1833–1888), campaigner for the rights of indigenous peoples.
Publication details: 
[Printed heading] Aborigines' Protection Society, 17 King William Street, Charing Cross, London, W.C., 6 January 1881.
£75.00

One page, 12mo, some marking, mainly good condition. "Mr Chirnside;'s pamphlet was published by Ridgway of Piccadilly. | Please let me have, as requested, Mr. Rossetto's accounts." Note: Chesson became secretary of the Aborigines' Protection Society. Andrew Chirnside had published in 1880 an exposé of the situation in Blantyre, Malawi ("The Blantyre missionaries, discreditable disclosures"), in which the Society took a great interest.

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