Papers of Thomas Pinney , 1807-1995, 1807-1859.

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Papers of Thomas Pinney , 1807-1995, 1807-1859.

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The collection contains research materials relating to Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay. The majority consist of photocopies of letters by Macaulay spanning his lifetime. These may be photocopies of original letters, copies from microfilm, copies of published letters, transcriptions, or excerpts. Pinney's notecard index of Macaulay's correspondence reflects the majority of the chronologically sorted letters. There are also folders of unsorted letters and letters of indeterminate date. The series of correspondence by others consists of photocopies letters about Macaulay by family members and others, both during and after his lifetime. Other research materials include collected biographical materials, published articles about Macaulay, catalogue information about collections of Macaulay letters and notable people, copies of literary and business works by Macaulay, and copies or transcriptions of journals and memoirs about Macaulay by family members. Bound volumes include published works by Macaulay family members and a dissertation about Macaulay's literature. The index of letters is an index prepared by Pinney on notecards. It is organized by date. The completeness of this index has not been verified. The microfilm series consists of four reels of microfilm.

Approximately 800 pieces.

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Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859

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Thomas Babington Macaulay, born in 1800 in Leicestershire, England, was an historian and author. He was educated at Cambridge. After the success of an essay on Milton in the Edinburgh Review in 1925, he contributed regularly to that journal. He was called to the bar in 1826 and elected to Parliament in 1830. After various distinguishing public duties, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Macaulay of Rothley in 1859. He also continued to write during these public appointments, primarily on histo...

Pinney, Thomas

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Thomas Pinney, is a Professor of English, emeritus, at Pomona College. He has edited published volumes of the letters of Thomas Babington Macaulay and Rudyard Kipling, and is the author of A History of Wine in America. BA Beloit C Phd Yale. Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859, was an English historian, poet and politician. He attended Trinity College Cambridge, and received numerous awards for his poetry and prose there. He wrote numerous essays for the Edinburgh...