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Title written on inside front cover. Copies of letters dated 15 and 27 Jun. 1834.

Note by Margaret Cropper, née Denman, to her son [Edward] Denman Cropper on free endpaper: 'I have done my best my very dear dear Boy to preserve this very interesting collection of letters, wh[ich] your dearest Father had carefully kept for many years - they will both by right, & by your Father's wish belong to you, & you will I am sure remember his wish that you should not separate or destroy them. God bless you my dear Denman - you be as good & truly excellent a man as your dear Father, & may you be spared the heavy trials he has had! - May you while young profit from your great advantages, & in time make yourself worthy of the celebrated men with whom your father was connected ie his Brother in Law L[or]d Macaulay - & his Father in law, yr Grandfather Denman. Your loving Mother M. C.'

The inside front cover is headed [again in Margaret Cropper's hand?] 'Letters from Lord Macaulay. - For E. D. Cropper from his Father', followed by a page index numbered 1-30 but left blank. The inside back cover is headed 'For E. D. Cropper' and 'Contents beginning this end'; a page index numbered 1-31 follows, and this one has several entries, including early autograph hymns by T. B. Macaulay, odes, 'squibs' and so on. Several of the following pages are also labelled to indicate contents; however, none of these documents are now present, and many pages have obviously been removed.

The copies appear to be in the same hand throughout.

Note by Margaret Cropper, née Denman, to her son [Edward] Denman Cropper on inside front cover: 'Volume 2. Original Manuscripts. Letters from Thomas Babington Macaulay to his Brother in law Edward Cropper & to his second wife Margaret (sister of Lord Macaulay) who died at the age of 22 - leaving one son (Charlie) who died at about 13 years of age - These letters are of great interest & much value, & the collection is to be carefully preserved by Edward Denman Cropper, & to remain as now arranged & not divided or disturbed. - This dearest Denman is your Father's wish & I am sure you will hold it sacred. Yr loving Mother Margaret Cropper née Denman'. Note on flyleaf: 'I have not arranged them so well as I might, but they were much creased & torn, & I have taken the greatest pains to preserve them uninjured'.

Notes on inside back cover: 'For Edward Denman Cropper from his Father', and 'This book contains 6 letters from T.B.M. to his sister Margaret after he sailed for India. They are arranged with regard to safety & convenience but not arranged according to their dates - M.C.' Also a numbered list of the letters at the top of the page headed 'Beginning at this end', numbers 5-6, and at the bottom (upside down) headed 'Beginning at the other end of book', numbers 1-3. Date, a brief description, and extent are given for each.

Title written on inside front cover. Copies of letters dated 6 Jul., 10 Aug. and 3 Oct. 1834.

Title written on inside front cover. Copy of letter dated 17 Oct. 1834.

Letters (1806-1833) from Mary Babington to her father Thomas Babington, mainly written before her marriage to James Parker on 29 Jun 1829, but some written afterwards Two early letters may be in the hand of her sister Lydia, later Rose, one of which has a note from Lydia to her father. The letter of 24 July 1820 has a note from Mary's mother Jean, née Macaulay, to her husband Thomas.

Letter from Mary Babington to her brother William Henry Babington, 1824, containing verses about him by 'one of Susan Parker's brothers' [perhaps Mary's future husband James?].

Letter from Mary Babington to her uncle Colin Macaulay, July-Dec 1820, perhaps sent together in one letter. Letters from Mary Babington to her cousin Henry William Macaulay, 1823-1832, one with a note from her cousin Selina Macaulay to her brother Henry William (May 1829).

Letters from Mary to her cousin Margaret Cropper, née Macaulay, 1828-1831.

Title written on inside front cover. Note below: 'Letters from Lord Macaulay to his sister Margaret, copied by MIss F. Macaulay & left by her to me. M. Knutsford.' Copies of letters dated 15 and 27 Jun. 1834, 6 Jul 1834 and 10 Aug. 1834.

Note on inside front cover. 'Letters of Lord Macaulay to his sister Margaret in handwriting of Miss Fanny Macaulay & left by her to me. M. K.'. 'Journals of T. B. M.' has been written at the top of the inside front cover. Copies of letters dated 3 and 17 Oct. 1834. Also copy of letter from Macaulay to William Empson, 19 Jun. 1837.

Typescript on recto only. Contents listed on first page: letters of Thomas Babington Macaulay to his sister Margaret, 1830-1834; one letter from Charles Zachary Macaulay to his sister Margaret, 23 Feb. 1834 (f. 21); letter from Thomas Babington Macaulay to Edward Cropper, 5 Nov. 1837 (f. 128); letter from Zachary Macaulay to Thomas Babington, 30 Jan. 1794 (f. 2).

A note at the top of the letter records that it was 'Copied for C[harles] E[dward] T[revelyan]'.

Note on facing page by Margaret Cropper [née Denman, second wife of Edward Cropper]: 'Letter written by T. B. Macaulay to his sister Margaret concerning the engagement of his sister Hannah - to Charles (afterwards Sir Charles) Trevelyan. This letter was written before the news of Margaret's death had reached her brother and sister in India'.

Note at top of letter: 'Copied for C. Trevylan [sic: in fact the copy seems to have been made for G. O. Trevelyan] Jan[uar]y 1874'.