“A perpetual state of honeymoon” – snapshots from a Victorian marriage – 7th March 1867
In her letter of this date, Lady Helen speaks of a knitted finger guard that she has sent her husband, worried that it might not be the right size. One […]
In her letter of this date, Lady Helen speaks of a knitted finger guard that she has sent her husband, worried that it might not be the right size. One […]
There is no letter from Helen to Malcolm on the 6th March, and the one from Malcolm to Helen is full of details about what they are looking for in […]
This letter written by Malcolm Murray MacGregor to his wife is largely concerned with the couple’s search for a suitable property for their family as part of their proposed move […]
In March 1867, the MacGregor family we are featuring in this series of blog posts was separated. Helen remained at the house called Thames Villa in the village of East […]
The Council Archives holds letters between Malcolm MacGregor and his wife Helen from the year of their marriage in 1864, to the year of his death, at the relatively young […]