BIB_ID
301274
Accession number
MA 249.8
Creator
Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859.
Display Date
1832 June 27.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (10 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Docketed.
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
Writing a poem about "being admitted to the Royal presence"; mentioning an incident in which a beggar threw a stone at King William IV; describing his visit to the King's levee with other members of the House of Commons.
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