Laws and Ordinances of New Netherland, 1638-1674 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. MARRIAGE WITH MISS BRIGHT AND SUBSEQUENT FAMILY LIFE. The Anti-Corn-Law agitation was the connecting link 1842 between Duncan MLaren and his future domestic life. It was at the Conference held in London during the Par- liamentary session of 1842, when, as chairman, he rendered great service to the Anti-Corn-Law League, that he first became acquainted with John Bright. A warm friendship ensued, and he agreed to visit Rochdale during the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Manchester, which he had arranged to attend. John Bright, on his return home, spoke of his new friend as one of the most remarkable men he had ever met, and the prospect of his visit accordingly excited pleasurable antici- pations. The following letter, written by Mrs. M'Laren some time Visit to Rohdale. after her marriage, gives an interesting account of this visit, and the important results to which it gave rise :? November 30, 18o3. My Dear Friend,?I am thankful that our Blackpool journey had such good results, and that my husband's efforts on your behalf have been successful, and that you find yourself happy and comfortable after so much that has been trying to you. He certainly has a wonderful power in arranging difficult matters, but people see how just his views are, so he succeeds with them. You ask me to tell you how I first became acquainted with VOL. I. D 1842 him. To answer your question, I think I must, as children say, ' begin at the beginning. You know I lived at One Ash with my brother John Bright, after the sad loss of his wife, during all the Anti-Corn-Law agitation. When he returned from the great Anti-Corn-Law Conference in 1842, he told me he had met one of the most extraordinary men he had ever seen, and his name was ...