File 15.12 - Letters from Thomas Babington Macaulay to Thomas Flower Ellis

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O./15.12

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Letters from Thomas Babington Macaulay to Thomas Flower Ellis

Date(s)

  • 1827-1928 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

269 letters (now housed in box); 1 newspaper cutting; 1 portfolio, leather over boards, with straps.

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Name of creator

(1800-1859)

Biographical history

Thomas Babington Macaulay was born on 25 October 1800 to Zachary Macaulay (1768–1838) and Selina, née Mills (1767-1831), at Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, the home of Zachary Macaulay's brother-in-law Thomas Babington, after whom he was named. Raised inread more

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Gift from H. T. Flower Ellis, 1928.

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Scope and content

Originally housed in portfolio bearing date '1842'. Also includes several verses and translations by Thomas Babington Macaulay. With newspaper cutting: 'Macaulay: thirty years in letters: a gift to Trinity College', from The Times, 24 Jan 1928.

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Publication note

All letters by Thomas Babington Macaulay are published in Macaulay, Thomas, & Pinney, Thomas, (1974-1981), The Letters of Thomas Babington Macaulay, Vols. 1-6, except: nos. 82 (5 Jun. 1850) and 84 (25 Aug. 1850).

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O.15.12

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