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A pencil note in capitals at the top of the first page reads 'This old paper contains the first speech ever delivered by Lord Macaulay'. The meeting of the Anti-Slavery Society is reported to have been held the previous day, 25 Jun. 1824, at the Freemason's Tavern, Great Queen Street, with HRH the Duke of Gloucester in the chair. The text of a speech by 'Mr. J. Macaulay' is given in full; an MS note at the top of the third page [in G. M. Trevelyan's hand?], states that 'J. Macaulay = T. B. Macaulay, the future Lord Macaulay, aet. [aged] 24'.

Note at the top of the letter 'Zachary proposal to Rev. S. C. Wilks to undertake the Editorship of the Christian Observer; which he held until June 1847'.

Postmarked 'Clapham Rise'. Sent to Sir Edward Ryan at Garden Lodge, Addison Road, Kensington. Enclosing copy of an epitaph by Thomas Babington Macaulay on Lord Metcalfe.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'Letter of T. B. M. to his sisters in England from India May 9 1836. The 'baby' is Margaret Trevelyan his niece'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'Letter of T. B. M. to his mother 1821. Quoted in Life and Letters [of Lord Macaulay by G. O. Trevelyan]'. Pencil note at top of letter: 'Very pretty'.

Written from Trinity. On the illness of his brother John, and the pleasure of being nursed by one's mother.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'Letter of T. B. M. to his father on being elected University Scholar, 1821'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'Letter of T. B. M. to his father, 1820. Not in the Life [and Letters of Lord Macaulay by G. O. Trevelyan]'.

Written from Trinity. Illness of George Stainforth.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'Hannah More to Zachary Macaulay on T.B.M. winning the Cambridge Prize Poem (Pompeii] 1819'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'Letter from TBM to his father, 1820, from Cambridge, on withdrawal of the Bill of Pains and Penalties against Queen Caroline. Quoted in Life and Letters [of Lord Macaulay by G. O. Trevelyan] Sealed with the Macaulay crest -a boot'.

MS note below the letter 'Letter from Zachary Macaulay to his son T. B. M, aet. [aged] 15'.

MS note below the letter 'From Hannah More to Macaulay as a boy'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'Letters of G. O. Trevelyan to Pauline, Lady Trevelyan, & Sir Walter, at Wallington, 1) about his election for Tynemouth 1865, 2) His Garibaldian adventure 1867'

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'Letters of G. O. Trevelyan to Pauline, Lady Trevelyan, & Sir Walter, at Wallington, 1) about his election for Tynemouth 1865, 2) His Garibaldian adventure 1867'

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'A very curious letter of J L Hammond of Trinity to G O Trevelyan on the proceedings of the Macaulay Statue C[ommitt]ee and Whewell's relation to it, especially his own proposal for a row of bronze statues facing the river!'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan accompanying the four letters on this and the facing page: 'Letters of Shilleto, the famous Cambridge classical coach to George Otto Trevelyan as an undergraduate'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan accompanying the four letters on this and the facing page: 'Letters of Shilleto, the famous Cambridge classical coach to George Otto Trevelyan as an undergraduate'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan accompanying the four letters on this and the facing page: 'Letters of Shilleto, the famous Cambridge classical coach to George Otto Trevelyan as an undergraduate'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan accompanying the four letters on this and the facing page: 'Letters of Shilleto, the famous Cambridge classical coach to George Otto Trevelyan as an undergraduate'.

A note at the bottom of the third page directs the reader to 'See at end of letter of Dec. '42' [pasted in above this one] for the conclusion of this letter.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below this letter: 'Copy of letters of Macaulay to his American friend Everett. 1842 and 1854' [the months, 'Dec' and 'May', are written beneath the years].

Note at the bottom of this letter: 'NB. This is the earliest letter or note of any kind which I find in my father's papers'.

'Close of letter of May 30 1854' is also given: 'let us occasionally, as you propose, exchange a few lines. God bless you. Ever yours affectionately, T. B. Macaulay'. This letter is pasted in below.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below this letter and another on the same page: 'Copy of letters of Macaulay to his American friend Everett. 1842 and 1854' [the months, 'Dec' and 'May', are written beneath the years].

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'Copy of a letter from Macaulay to Everett - Nov. 1854'

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'Copies of two letters of Macaulay to his American friend Everett, 1849'.

Note in pencil at the top of the letter: 'Dear Sir, There is no Intelligence on Public Affairs in this letter, but I have thought, as you had seen another from the same source, I would send it'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'Copies of two letters of Macaulay to his American friend Everett, 1849'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'Pages of the MS of Macaulay's History. Last vol.'

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'Copy of a letter of L[or]d Macaulay to Whewell, Nov 1859, the month before he died. (in handwriting of G. O. T[revelyan]'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'Letters between T. B. M. and his nephew George Trevelyan in 1859. He died in December. His nephew lived till Aug. 1928'. A later note records 'I have given his last letter to G[eorge] O[tto], Nov. 22 1859, to Cockerell for the Fitzwilliam [Museum]'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan below the letter: 'Letters between T. B. M. and his nephew George Trevelyan in 1859. He died in December. His nephew lived till Aug. 1928'. A later note records 'I have given his last letter to G[eorge] O[tto], Nov. 22 1859, to Cockerell for the Fitzwilliam [Museum]'.

Note at the top of the letter in G. O. Trevelyan's hand (identified by G. M. Trevelyan): "Among his writing papers. The pencil notes at the end are his, probably jottings relating to his investments and dividends'.

MS note in hand of G. M. Trevelyan pasted in at the bottom of the page: 'T. B. M's note to his sister Fanny about his nephew George Trevelyan's prize epigram at Cambridge.'