HEYRICK ELIZABETH: (1769-1831) British Philanthropist and Campaigner against the Slave Trade. Portion of a Manuscript Verse, unsigned, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. Heyrick's holograph verse, comprising twelve lines, states, in part, 'Nations of a land of glory, Daughters of the good and brave, Hear the injured Negro's story, Hear! - and help the kneeling slave!, Think, how nought but death can sever, Your lov'd children from your hold!, Still alive - but lost for ever, Ours are parted, bought, and sold!' Annotated in the margins in an unidentified hand, in part, 'The hand writing of Mrs. Heyrick who wrote many works on slavery….No one of her sex ever exceeded her in strength of intellect & soundness of argument'. The verso features eight lines of holograph text by Heyrick, evidently part of a letter, in part, '….she was evidently gratified by your approval of her motto, which she is concern'd to find has been printed on the bags with two errors of the press, and which, should you adopt it for your Report, she deemed it important to have corrected, as they violate the rules of grammatical propriety….' Scarce. Some very light, minor age wear, VG €190-250||