Record

Document Reference	N Mc 1/88
Title	Letter from [Duncan] McLaren, Crystal Palace, to his wife Priscilla [McLaren (née Bright)]; 4 October [1858].
Date	4 October 1858
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Notes that he has only come to see the plants and 'anything new'; wishes her to tell Walter [Stowe McLaren] that he has seen beautiful red and green birds and a reconstructed tree 31 feet across and 360 feet high. Notes that John [Bright] got him into the Speakers' Gallery last night, where he though [Benjamin] Disraeli's speech was poor; mentions that Samuel Lucas took him to see the new 'Star' offices.
Term	family & political

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1956	McLaren; Walter S.B. (1853-1912); Mr; Liberal M.P. and women's suffrage campaigner	1853-1912
NA1774	Lucas; Samuel (fl 1839-1881)	fl 1839-1881
NA1775	Bright; John (1811-1889); Mr; statesman	1811-1899
NA314	Disraeli; Benjamin (1804-1881); 1st Earl of Beaconsfield; statesman; created Earl of Beaconsfield 1876	1804-1881
NA924	McLaren; Duncan (1800-1886); politician	1800-1886
NA920	McLaren; Priscilla (1815-1906); née Bright social reformer	1815-1906