Thornton, Henry 1760-1815
Archival location guide — where this economist’s surviving papers are held, their notable correspondents, and key published sources.
Born 1760 · died 1815
Henry Thornton was an English economist, banker, philanthropist and parliamentarian.
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The Thornton family papers include letters, 1777-1815, and diaries, 1795-1814, of Henry Thornton, mostly copies. Cambridge UL, Add. MS. 7674.
Another set of copies of his letters and diaries, by his daughter Marianne. Wigan R0
A copy of Paper Credit, with notes interleaved, probably for a new edition. Baker Library, Harvard University.
Correspondents
JEREMY BENTHAM, four letters, 1798. BL Add. MS. 33542.
THOMAS CLARKSON, c. 150 letters, 1791-1793. BL Add. MSS. 41262A, 41263.
WILLIAM PITT the Younger, six letters, n.d. Chatham papers, Public Record Office (PRO)
THOMAS PERRONET THOMPSON, several letters, 1804-1813. Thompson papers, Hull UL
JOHN VENN, seven letters, 1791-1796. Venn MSS., Church Missionary Society, London.
Printed Material
STANDISH MEACHAM, Henry Thornton of Clapham ( London, 1964).
New Palgrave; ODNB ; IESS XVI 14.
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