| Title: | Countess of Dufferin, Halifax, to her Son, Archibald, Co. Down. |
|---|---|
| ID | 1655 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Marchioness of Dufferin/27 |
| Year | 1872 |
| Sender | Harriot, Marchioness of Dufferin |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | socialite |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Destination | Co. Down, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Archie |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | mother-son |
| Source | D/1231/H/2/1 : Deposited by Lady Hermione Blackwood. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9806855 |
| Date | 04/08/1872 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 25:06:98. |
| Word Count | 298 |
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| Transcript | (Harriot, Countess of Dufferin, Halifax, to her Son, Archibald, Co.Down.) Halifax August 4 My dearest Archie, Your letters are a great pleasure to us, and although we are kept very busy here, I must try to tell you some thing about our gaieties. There are two high [__?] regiments here, and two Men of war, and as soldiers and sailors are not very, very, very, busy they have plenty of time for amusement, and the consequence is that we are invited this week to Picnics, and concerts, & Balls, & dinners. Our picnics will not be so nice as yours, I think for they are "Monster" ones, and any person who likes may join them, and we shall all be very smart, and very polite, - and, we shall have our food prepared by stupid cooks, instead of our own sweet selves. I hear very likely there will be a fog, and our Feathers will grow straight, and we shall return home extremely hungry and tired. Your little dog "Peck" is very happy & good. he is washed & combed as often as possible, but he has a talent for sitting down upon the [___?], which abound on deck, and is not always as clean looking as he should be. This peccadillo will be cursed when he is under the severe eye of his lawful master, the Lord Viscount Clandeboye. We are rather afraid that Papa may have to go to Ottawa next week, & if so, I shall have to stay here and be a "foreman general" for a few days, but I shall hurry back to my little Tadousaciaus as quickly as possible. I long to see them, their splendid Boats, their fishing rods - their naked paddling legs - their sand houses - & brick houses - and to kiss their little faces. Yr [Your ?] loving Mama |
