| Title: | Stewart, Frances to unknown addressee, 1838 |
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| ID | 4742 |
| Collection | Revisiting Our Forest Home_The immigrant letters of Frances Stewart [J. L. Aoki] |
| File | stewart/24 |
| Year | 1838 |
| Sender | Stewart, Frances |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | housewife |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | unknown |
| Destination | unknown |
| Recipient | unknown addressee |
| Recipient Gender | unknown |
| Relationship | unknown |
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| Log | unknown |
| Word Count | 505 |
| Genre | account of a trip |
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| Transcript | 1838: October 5 "Extracts": addressee unknown After an early breakfast we all proceeded in Mr. Wallis's fine large boat, The Victoria, to Sturgeon Point in Sturgeon Lake, six miles from Fenelon Falls and here we were to be stationed to see the Regatta. There were a great many parties of ladies and gentlemen as several had come from Peterboro and other places to see this gay affair and it was really beautiful. The lake is large and surrounded with points and bays and islands. Of course all is forest but here and there relieved by small farms. The day was particularly lovely and everybody looked gay and happy. I think there were about two hundred people assembled, 25 nicely painted boats of different kinds with new flags and 14 bark canoes. There were several matches. The first was most interesting as both the boats belonged to gentlemen of our acquaintance, the Alice, a four oared boat of Mr. Langtons and the Calypso, a two oared of Mr. Wallis's. Miss Langton joined our party and I could not help feeling most interested for her brothers boat, particularly as the majority of the ladies were on Mr. Wallis's side. The Calypso won, poor Miss Langton felt quite nervous and said she could not help feeling more than the thing deserved. But there was perfect good feeling preserved among the gentlemen. We had refreshments laid out in tents, abundance of cool meat, pastry cakes and fruits as well as wine &c, all provided by the gentlemen of the Fenelon Hunting Club. We sat under the trees watching the different matches between the boats and canoes till near sunset when the business of the day concluded and we all prepared to return to Mr. Wallis's. We sailed part of the way but the wind deserted us and we were obliged to depend upon the oars to take us up the stream so that it was past 8 o'clock when all got back. We then had to dress and refresh and cool ourselves. The gentlemen all went to dinner but we ladies, namely Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Miss Fisher, Mrs. Hagerman, Miss Woodford, Ellen and myself all preferred having tea, so we put on our dressing gowns and took tea upstairs, in dishabille rested and cooled as well as we could and then dressed in our best and proceeded to the drawing room where we found Mr. Wallis, Mr. T.F.K., Mr. Stewart and Mr. Shaw waiting to escort us to the inn where there was to be a supper given by the gentlemen of the Fenelon hunt. The room soon filled, music and dancing commenced. There were twelve unmarried ladies and two married dancing besides one or two matrons who did not join in the "giddymaze," F.S. amongst the number. There were Beaux in abundance, very fine gentlemanlike young men. At 12 o'clock supper was announced after which dancing was renewed with great spirit. We left it at half past four, but the rest of the party kept it up till six. |
