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Auction: 16043 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 41

Documents
Thomas Babington Macaulay
1843 (6 December) short A.L.S. from Albany (London), "Thank you for your note. All is perfectly right. Ought I not to sign another agreement respecting the fourth edition of the Lays? …", signed "T B Macaulay". Photo

Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, PC (1800 – 1859) was a British historian and Whig politician. He wrote extensively as an essayist and reviewer; his books on British history have been hailed as literary masterpieces. Macaulay held political office as the Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841, and the Paymaster-General between 1846 and 1848.

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Estimate
£200 to £250