BIB_ID
301461
Accession number
MA 249.38
Creator
Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859.
Display Date
1834 Feb. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 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.
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch, 1906.
Summary
Saying that he received the loan of £600 from her husband Edward; hoping that he will be able to repay Edward in a year; reporting that he had "not a very pleasant journey" to London; telling her about a "noble" snuff box he received as a present; discussing Hannah's health and temperament.
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