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Title	Letter from Gratton Bright to 'Maggy' [Margaret Lucas, née Bright]; endorsed 1851.
Date	1851
Extent	4 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Endorsed: '1851 - Death of Aunt Esther's baby girl. Is appalled that first reaction of James Midgley and Tom Ackworth ('Governors of a Religious Body') on the news of the baby's death was that Jacob [Bright] would have to change his will; briefly describes the awful effect of seeing mother and baby laid side by side at [Kensal] Green; states that his father is now sitting up after his illness; alludes to Priscilla [McLaren's] expulsion; comments on his reading of [Mosheim's] 'Ecclesiastical History' and Carlyle's 'Miscellanies'; notes that 'our' carpets and engravings of the tapestry pattern are mentioned in the 'Illustrated News'.
Term	family & business

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1870	Midgley; James (fl 1851)	fl 1851
NA1871	Ackworth; Tom (fl 1851); Mr	fl 1851
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
NA1872	Bright; Mary (fl 1851-1873); Mrs; née Metcalf	fl 1851-1873
NA359	Burns; Robert (1759-1796); poet	1759-1796
NA1873	Carlyle; Thomas (1795-1881); Mr; essayist and historian	1795-1881
NA1874	Schofield; - (fl 1851); M; tailor	fl 1851
NA1759	Bright; Samuel (1826-1873); Mr	1826-1873
NA1760	Bright; Gratton (1823-1853); Mr	1823-1853
NA1748	Lucas; Margaret (fl 1829-1887); Mrs; 'Maggie' née Bright	fl 1829-1887