| Description | Letter to Alexander Macdonald of Kepplestone from John McLaren, Lord Advocate's Chambers, Home Office, thanking him for his letter, looking forward to the Royal Academy dinner but hoping that Macdonald will be able to give him invitations there, hoping to visit Kepplestone, as he is using the Easter recess to visit various prominent towns to question solicitors as to how they feel about Sheriff Court organisation, specifically the 'anomalous appeal', he may be accompanied by Mr. Reid, the Queen's Remembrancer, in which case he will stay at a hotel, 5 April 1881 |