Catalogue description From Ja[mes] Currie

This letter relates to the appointment of an apothecary for the Infirmary and reports on anti-slave trade feeling in Liverpool "... Mr. Yates ... preached a sermon on the subject at Key Street which is likely to make a great noise in the town ...".

James Currie (1756-1805) was a Liverpool physician from 1780 until his death. He has also been described as "a man of letters" and was particularly well-known for his opposition to the slave trade. See Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, and W.W. Currie (ed.) Memoir of the life, writings and correspondence of James Currie ..., 1831, also the Currie MSS. (920 CUR).