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15 letters to Emmeline Hannah Cadbury from William Adlington Cadbury visiting plantations in West Africa 1908 - 1909

MS 466/1/44/3/7/1 | Cadbury Collection.Family papers.William Adlington Cadbury (1867-1957).Family correspondence.Letters to and from West Africa. | 15 letters from William to Emmeline his wife and their children from West Africa 1908-09, where he was investigating the issue of contract labour with Joseph Burtt. The dialogue of these letters is mainly personal between William and his wife although they do give some insight into his activities and opinions of West Africa at the time and the controversy over Cadbury's purchasing cocoa from Portuguese West Africa. 26 October 1908, Sao Thome - a le…