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BABN/25/250
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Letter, perhaps from Thomas Babington Macaulay, to James Parker
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- 13 Jun 1829 (Creation)
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(1800-1859)
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Incomplete: central section and end missing, perhaps deliberately removed.
London. - Was about to write to Mary 'begging for her influence to bring [Parker] to Cambridge', when Parker's letter arrived. Portion of letter missing. Asks Parker to 'Give our love to Mary - and our congratulations [on James and Mary's forthcoming wedding] again and again'. He can tell her 'Our precious relative Samuel [Herrick?] Macaulay... has just arrived - and his arrival has made us feel more grateful to her. No man ought to be more obliged to those who bring good kinsmen into his family - for I believe no man has such a number of rascally cousins as I have - '.
End, and so signature, missing.
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Not included in Pinney's edition of Macaulay's correspondence .