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Thomas Bruce, Lord Elgin Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0943

  • Staff Only

Lord Elgin wrote this letter to acknowledge Captain Hall's previous thank you note for a cast of the sculpture on the Temple of Theseus at Athens that Elgin had recently donated to the British Museum.

Dates

  • 1829 September 22

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Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Abstract

Lord Elgin wrote this letter to acknowledge Captain Hall's previous thank you note for a cast of the sculpture on the Temple of Theseus at Athens that Elgin had recently donated to the British Museum.

Biographical/Historical Note

Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, was born in Fife, Scotland on July 20, 1766 to Charles and Martha (Whyte) Bruce. He was a British diplomat who had his staff remove artifacts from Athens to protect them from the wars and then shipped them to England, where they were displayed in the British Museum as the Elgin Marbles. He married Mary Nisbet on March 11, 1799; after divorcing her, he married Elizabeth Oswald on September 10, 1810. Bruce died on November 14, 1841.

Basil Hall was born on December 31, 1788, son of Sir James Hall. He had a long career in the British Navy and was made a fellow of the Royal Society. Hall wrote several books about his travels, including Fragments of Voyages and Travels and Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea and the Loo-Choo Islands. He married Margaret Hunter in 1825 and died on September 11, 1844.

Arrangement

This collection consists of a single folder.

Repository Details

Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository

Contact:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville TN 37996 USA
865-974-4480