BIB_ID
301318
Accession number
MA 249.16
Creator
Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859.
Display Date
1832 Aug. 16 [i.e. 9].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (9 p., with address) ; 23.1 and 30.3 cm
Notes
Macaulay has dated the letter Aug. 16, but it is franked Aug. 9.
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
Expressing his hope that he will be able to leave London soon; discussing the way in which Sir Frederick Shaw tried to postpone passage of a bill by endless objections and speeches.
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