MS note on introduction, 'by G. Macaulay?'
With copy in the hand of G. C. Macaulay
With copy in the hand of G. C. Macaulay
The Shiffolds. - Thanks her 'so much' for her 'kind letter. It is terrible to think I am forty nine, and shall be fifty in a year's time'. Is glad to hear that his parents are 'settled comfortably at Wallington'. The heat has also been 'trying' here, but it has been cooler today; they had a rain shower on Saturday, but 'not enough'.
[Goldsworthy Lowes] Dickinson is coming to stay tomorrow for a week or two, and they hope Clifford Allen will come later; he visited on Sunday and 'seems a good deal stronger, though not really well yet'. Bessie is going to see Julian [at school] on Friday. Robert will write to his father soon.
Yes, Rose Macaulay is 'the daughter of the Cambridge Macaulay who died a few years ago [George Campbell Macaulay]'; has not read her books, but 'people say they are quite clever. She reviews a great deal, quite cleverly, in various papers'. Sends love to his father and Booa [Mary Prestwich].
Speech on the petition from Trinity College, Cambridge, in favour of the resolutions on the Eastern Question.
Diary entries by George Campbell Macaulay: 25 and 26 Aug 1880.
Locks of hair belonging to Grace Mary Macaulay, George Campbell Macaulay, and their children Jean, William, Rose, Margaret and Aulay affixed to ff. 9v and 10, each stuck down by strip of paper bearing their initials. Dated 23 Jul. 1886.
Diary entries by George Campbell Macaulay: 3, 11, 12, 17 and 18 Nov 1887.
Diary entries by George Campbell Macaulay: Dec 1887 and Dec 1889.
Written at Eton College. With cover sheet by Constance Babington Smith.
In the hand of George Campbell Macaulay.
With copy in the hand of G. C. Macaulay
With copy in the hand of G. C. Macaulay