The Jacobites Advance Down the River Forth
On 23rd July 1745, Prince Charles Edward Stuart landed on Eriskay Island. His arrival would signal another chance for the Jacobites to restore the House of Stuart to the British […]
On 23rd July 1745, Prince Charles Edward Stuart landed on Eriskay Island. His arrival would signal another chance for the Jacobites to restore the House of Stuart to the British […]
The 14th of March 1867 is the last day for which we have letters for both Sir Malcolm and Lady Helen MacGregor in this collection. The rest of the letters […]
Malcolm begins his letter with the fact that he has been ferreting all day and then details how he has decided to change his travel plans. He explains that he […]
Malcolm starts his letter with a warning: ‘I am going to treat you very shabbily – for after getting 3 letters from you this morning I am about to give […]
In his letter, Malcolm responds to the suggestion made by his mother to Helen that he is overstaying his welcome with the Murrays at Scone Palace: ‘I am sure of […]
Helen’s letter to Malcolm of this date begins with a short discussion of how long it taken for Malcolm’s letters from Scotland to reach her in Surrey. There were several […]
‘My own dearie husband. I meant of course to go to church this morning, but it is pouring, thick fine rain & there’s also such a fog I really can’t […]
There is just one letter surviving in the bundle for 9th March 1867, and that is one from Malcolm to Helen. Most of the letter is devoted to the subject […]
Lady Helen wrote to her husband twice on the 8th March, one letter early in the day and the other in the evening. In the first letter Helen outlines her […]
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 […]