Record

Document Reference	N Mc 1/19
Title	Letter from Priscilla McLaren, Rochdale, to her husband Duncan McLaren senior; 9 January 1849.
Date	9 January 1849
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Comments briefly on the postal service; expresses her unease at selling and moving house whilst she is still too ill to take an active part; mentions her inability to attend 'the Banquet'; Esther [Bright] stayed with her while Mrs M[acLeod] and her [Priscilla's] brothers attended; states that according to Margaret Lucas and Caroline Coultate it was a 'glorious meeting', John Bright's was the second best speech, and Mrs Villiers 'looked beautiful and was well received'; recounts that her father [Jacob Bright] helped her walk a little way towards 'One Ash'.
Term	family & political

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1753	Vaughan; Esther (1820-1850); Mrs; née Bright	1820-1850
NA1823	MacLeod; - (fl 1849-1874); Mrs	fl 1849-1874
NA1748	Lucas; Margaret (fl 1829-1887); Mrs; 'Maggie' née Bright	fl 1829-1887
NA1827	Bright; Caroline (fl 1849-1880); Mrs; née Coultate wife of Thomas Bright	fl 1849-1880
NA1775	Bright; John (1811-1889); Mr; statesman	1811-1899
NA1828	Villiers; - (fl 1849); Mrs	fl 1849
NA1747	Bright; Jacob (1821-1899); Mr; M.P. and women's suffrage campaigner	1821-1899
NA920	McLaren; Priscilla (1815-1906); née Bright social reformer	1815-1906
NA924	McLaren; Duncan (1800-1886); politician	1800-1886