Item 20 - Letter to Henry Hallam

Identity area

Reference code

Add. MS c/20

Title

Letter to Henry Hallam

Date(s)

  • 19th c. (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 vol.

Context area

Name of creator

(1777-1859)

Biographical history

Henry Hallam was born on 9 July 1777, the son of John Hallam, Canon of Windsor. He attended Eton College and Christ Church Oxford, graduating BA in 1799. Hallam began a legal career and was a barrister on the Oxford circuit, but in 1806 he became aread more

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Source of acquisition unknown.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Notebook with sewn paper wrappers, a draft of an essay addressed to Hallam beginning, "My dear Hallam, You wish to know in what manner and of what materials I propose to fashion my impracticable essay...", by an unidentified author.

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Related units of description

Part of the Papers of Henry Hallam, catalogued as Add.Ms.a.22-28, Add.Ms.b.18-21A, Add.Ms.c.17-20 and Add.Ms.d.13-52.

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