Series 25 - Box 25: Colin Macaulay – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Box 25: Colin Macaulay – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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  • 1811-1902 (Creation)

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249 letters and copy letters; press cutting;.

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Letters from Colin Macaulay to his Mary Babington, later Parker; some letters addressed to both Mary and her sister Jean, some with an additional note to Jean included; one with additional note, perhaps in Mary's hand; some with fragments of letters to Colin Macaulay enclosed from Charles Noel Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough, and A. Inverarity; one with later note by Mary Ellen Rose, née Parker; one enclosing copy of letter from Colin Macaulay to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.

Letters from Frances Macaulay, 'Fanny', to her cousin Mary Parker and one to Mary Ellen Rose, née Parker. Letter from Hannah More Macaulay, later Trevelyan, to her cousin Mary Parker. Letters from Helen William Macaulay to his cousin Mary Babington.

Letter from Helen Macaulay to her sister Jean Babington, née Macaulay.

Copies (mid-nineteenth century) of letters from Rev. Martin Macpherson to Rev. John Macaulay and Rev. Kenneth Macaulay.

Letters from Selina Macaulay to her aunt Jean Babington, née Macaulay, and to her cousin Mary Parker.

Letters from Thomas Babington Macaulay to: his aunt Jean Babington, née Macaulay; his uncle, Thomas Babington; James Parker (incomplete). 'Hymn by Lord Macaulay: an effort of his early childhood' - extract from London Scottish Regimental Gazette. The letters from Thomas Babington Macaulay are not included in Pinney's edition of Macaulay's correspondence.

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