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 a… read more
Repository
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.
Allied materials area
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.