Record

Document Reference	N Mc 1/102
Title	Letter from Priscilla McLaren (née Bright), Edinburgh to her sister 'Maggie' [Margaret Lucas (née Bright)]; 12 September 1866.
Date	12 September 1866
Extent	5 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Sends thanks for the birthday gift of books; fears she [Priscilla] suffers from 'softning of the brain'; recounts the habits of her eccentric coachman; recalls her wedding dress, purchased from Marshall and Snodgrass; refers to attempts to hire a new [governess] after 'our sad experience of Miss Fisher'.
Term	family & domestic & education & social affairs

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1812	Thomasson; Catharine (fl 1841-1887); Mrs; 'Kate' née Lucas	fl 1841-1887
NA924	McLaren; Duncan (1800-1886); politician	1800-1886
NA1956	McLaren; Walter S.B. (1853-1912); Mr; Liberal M.P. and women's suffrage campaigner	1853-1912
NA1820	McLaren; Agnes (1834-1910); Dr; medical doctor and suffragist	1834-1910
NA1861	McLaren; Charles B.B. (1850-1934); 1st Baron Aberconway	1850-1934
NA1942	Goss; Anne Frances (fl 1852-1887); Mrs; née Ashworth	fl 1852-1887
NA1955	Hallett; Lilias Sophia (fl 1853-1888); Mrs; née Ashworth	fl 1853-1888
NA1827	Bright; Caroline (fl 1849-1880); Mrs; née Coultate wife of Thomas Bright	fl 1849-1880
NA1960	Graumann; - (fl 1853-1884); Mrs	fl 1853-1884
NA2064	Cowie; - (fl 1866); Mr	fl 1866
NA2065	McLeod; - (fl 1866-1887); Dr	fl 1866-1887
NA920	McLaren; Priscilla (1815-1906); née Bright social reformer	1815-1906
NA1748	Lucas; Margaret (fl 1829-1887); Mrs; 'Maggie' née Bright	fl 1829-1887
NA75824	Haywood; family	fl 1866