BIB_ID
301310
Accession number
MA 249.15
Creator
Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859.
Display Date
1832 July 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (6 p., with address) ; 23.1 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 postmark and seal.
Written from the "Library of the H[ouse] of C[ommons]" at "11 o'clock at night."
With postmark and seal.
Written from the "Library of the H[ouse] of C[ommons]" at "11 o'clock at night."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch, 1906.
Summary
Noting that the subject in the House is "dull" so he has stolen away to write this letter; discussing the difference between the House library and smoking room; reporting that he went to visit all his friends who had cholera; mentioning shared acquaintances; scolding them for not writing frequently enough.
Catalog link
Department