BIB_ID
301273
Accession number
MA 249.7
Creator
Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859.
Display Date
1832 June 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (6 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
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 a note under the address panel: "Copied ... Aug. 16, 1892."
With postmark and seal.
With a note under the address panel: "Copied ... Aug. 16, 1892."
With postmark and seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch, 1906.
Summary
Discussing various political matters, including the "unjustifiable" appointment of Robert Gordon to a commissionership; mentioning British policy towards India and the "China monopoly"; indicating that he expects Gordon to quarrel with him; cautioning them that the contents of his letter should be kept private "and that Cropper's is one of the last houses in England in which any thing relating to the disputes at the India Board ought to be known."
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