BIB_ID
301259
Accession number
MA 249.3
Creator
Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859.
Display Date
1832 June 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (5 p., with address) ; 23.1 cm
Notes
Docketed and with the note: "Just before starting for the election at Calne."
Part of a large collection of autograph letters signed with initials from Macaulay to his sisters, Margaret and Hannah. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 249 for more information.
With postmark and seal.
Part of a large collection of autograph letters signed with initials from Macaulay to his sisters, Margaret and Hannah. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 249 for more information.
With postmark and seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch, 1906.
Summary
Reporting that he is about to set out for Calne; telling them that "the royal assent was given yesterday afternoon to the English Reform Bill" and discussing the implications for the King; asking them to write with details of their journey.
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