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Autograph letter signed with initials : The Downs, to his sister Margaret, 1834 Feb. 16.

BIB_ID
301466
Accession number
MA 249.40
Creator
Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859.
Display Date
1834 Feb. 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.8 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 seal.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch, 1906.
Summary
Noting that Hannah is "half sick, half dozing" on a sofa near him; reporting that his own health is rapidly improving; saying that Hannah has behaved "like an angel"; promising to write again "by the first opportunity."