BIB_ID
301474
Accession number
MA 249.42
Creator
Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859.
Display Date
1834 Oct. 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 20.4 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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch, 1906.
Summary
Reporting that he and Hannah are in excellent health; saying that the climate in India "suits [him] perfectly" and "money comes in much faster than it goes out"; guessing that he will need to be in India for four to five years; thanking her for her affectionate letters.
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