Item 2 - Bound volume containing six letters from Thomas Babington Macaulay to his sister Margaret Cropper

1 vol., with '2' marked on the front.
From front: free endpaper, ff. 1-8. Letter (1 folded sheet) pasted in at f. 2r, another (23 folded sheets) tipped in between ff. 2-3 and ff. 4-5.
From back: free endpaper and flyleaf, ff. 1-23. Letters tipped in between ff. 4-5 (2 sheets and 6 folded sheets, with cover pasted in at f. 5v), ff. 10-11 (2 folded sheets and 1 sheet), ff. 16-17 (4 sheets and 12 folded sheets, with cover pasted in at f. 16v), and ff. 22-23 (7 folded sheets) .

Note by Margaret Cropper, née Denman, to her son [Edward] Denman Cropper on inside front cover: 'Volume 2. Original Manuscripts. Letters from Thomas Babington Macaulay to his Brother in law Edward Cropper & to his second wife Margaret (sister of Lord Macaulay) who died at the age of 22 - leaving one son (Charlie) who died at about 13 years of age - These letters are of great interest & much value, & the collection is to be carefully preserved by Edward Denman Cropper, & to remain as now arranged & not divided or disturbed. - This dearest Denman is your Father's wish & I am sure you will hold it sacred. Yr loving Mother Margaret Cropper née Denman'. Note on flyleaf: 'I have not arranged them so well as I might, but they were much creased & torn, & I have taken the greatest pains to preserve them uninjured'.

Notes on inside back cover: 'For Edward Denman Cropper from his Father', and 'This book contains 6 letters from T.B.M. to his sister Margaret after he sailed for India. They are arranged with regard to safety & convenience but not arranged according to their dates - M.C.' Also a numbered list of the letters at the top of the page headed 'Beginning at this end', numbers 5-6, and at the bottom (upside down) headed 'Beginning at the other end of book', numbers 1-3. Date, a brief description, and extent are given for each.

Margaret Cropper, née Denman, remarried in April 1879 (her husband Edward having died in 1877), which suggests that this book was put together before that date.