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Seventeen letters to his father and his sister Julia.

Printed in London by Spottiswoode & Shaw, New Street Square.

Three notebooks, individual sheets with writings and printed material, and three photographs relating primarily to Arthur Hallam. Those items relating to Arthur are a small booklet listing the boys at Putney School "by A. H. Hallam, one of its members"; a single sheet of Latin verse, "Protesilaus Laodamiae", with 'Hallam' and 'Sent up Decr. 3rd 1823' at top; a small sewn booklet with wrappers containing the manuscript draft of a "Declamation delivered in Trinity College Chapel by A. H. H. Dec. 1830"; three photographs of the house and street in Vienna where Arthur Hallam died.

Two sheets headed "Does the periodical criticism of the present day fulfill its aim?" are possibly by Henry Fitzmaurice Hallam. Also present are a small sewn booklet lacking wrappers, containing the manuscript draft of "Palestine, a Poem by Reginald Heber, Commoner of Brazenose College, Oxford. Printed in the Theatre at Oxford June 15th 1803" and a printed poem, "Salix Babylonica" with its translation "The Weeping Willow of Babylon" dated August 1839 inscribed to M. Pennington from the Earl of Mornington and signed by Wellesley.

Three undated, unsigned essays, titled "Free Will. 'Equilibrium ad utrumque'", "Does V. Cousin's criticism of Locke's philosophy involve misconception and unfairness?", and "Is the French novel literature the 1st in Europe?" and a notebook of Greek exercises, all possibly in the hand of [Arthur Henry Hallam?].
Typescript and MS copies of 11 letters from Henry Fitzmaurice Hallam to his cousin Jane and her husband William Brookfield. The original letters are dated 1 Sept. 1846 to 7 Oct. 1850, and the copies, some of them incomplete, appear to be 20th century.

Thanks WW for his work on morality [The Elements of Morality, Including Polity, 2 vols., 1845]. HH was pleased that his son, Henry Fitzmaurice Hallam, obtained the first declamation prize. HH hopes to be in Cambridge for the BAAS meeting.

Two locks of Arthur Henry Hallam's hair, each in separate paper wrapping, one taken when he was 'about 12 years old' and another on 'Sept. 15 1833' [the day of his death].

Lock of Eleanor Hallam's hair, in wrapping previously containing prescription for her from E. Briggs, Chemist & Druggist, 48 Wigmore St., dated 18 Feb 1834. Three further locks of Eleanor Hallam's hair, each in separate paper wrappings, labelled: 'Ellen's hair when six years old'; 'Ellen's hair. Oct. 5th 1836' (this wrapper also labelled 'Henry Hallam Esq., 25 York Crescent', and tied with black ribbon); and 'Ellen, June 15th 1837 [the day of her death]'.

Lock of hair of Julia Hallam, afterwards Lennard, in paper wrapper labelled 'Ju's hair Febr[uar]y 1839'

Six locks of hair of Henry Fitzmaurice Hallam, each in separate paper wrapping, labelled: 'Harry's hair May 1834'; 'Harry's hair October 15th 1836'; 'Harry's hair Sept 16th 1837'; 'Harry's hair July 1838', 'Harry's hair Jan[ua]ry 1839'; and 'Harry's hair May 21 1840'

Blue paper wrapper labelled 'Juie [?] and Harry's hair', 'when quite young' added perhaps at a different time. Containing one lock of hair belonging to Julia Maria Frances Cator, afterwards Lennard, taken in Jul 1859 when she was six years old; also two locks of hair belonging to Henry Arthur Hallam Farnaby Cator, afterwards Lennard, one labelled 'Harry's hair' and one 'Harry's hair 1862'.

Three further unidentified locks of hair, each in paper wrapping, one labelled 'For my sister'.