Thomas B. Macaulay Letter

Collection

Identifier: MS 0185

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains a portion of a letter written by T.B. Macaulay to H. Bowie. The letter reads as follows: “I shall have great pleasure in sending you any bill which you may particularly wish to have. Very truly yours, T.B. Macaulay.”

Dates

Creation: 1853

Creator

Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron (Author, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from the Thomas B. Macaulay Letter must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

Biographical / Historical

Thomas Babington (T.B) Macaulay (1800-1859) was a 19th century British poet, historian, and Whig politician and one of the two Members of Parliament for Edinburgh. He was both an essayist and reviewer, and he also wrote extensively on British history. Macaulay played an important role in developing a bilingual colonial India, as well as enacting a criminal law system after the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Macaulay was named Baron in 1857, and to date some of his most famous works are: “The History of England from the Accession of James the Second,” Horatius, and Laws of Ancient Rome.