| Title: | Earl of Ava to His Mother Marchioness of Dufferin & Ava |
|---|---|
| ID | 953 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Earl of Ava, Archibald/36 |
| Year | 1894 |
| Sender | Archibald, Earl of Ava |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | army officer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Europe? |
| Recipient | Hariot, Marchioness of Dufferin & Ava |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | son-mother |
| Source | D/1231/G/2/112: Deposited by Lady Hermione Blackwood |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9808502 |
| Date | 04/12/1894 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 19:08:98. |
| Word Count | 524 |
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| Transcript | Aberdeen Gov. [Govenor?] General. 1894? from Lord Ava. Ottawa 4th December My dear Mama I have not written to you for a long time and am only sending you a note now as I only arrived here last night and in a weeks time I shall probably have alot to tell you. I was in Montreal on my way through & stayed at the Windsor Hotel with some people I know. The manager is an old friend of yours Mr Swett. There was nothing going on in Montreal as there was no [----?], but it has come now and I hope to begin curling & skating at once. Mr Dixon has only Kinsley [----?] me a room in his house. He shares the [-----?] with Major Wixtual, the husband of the lady who was Britiannia at the ball. I should also [-----?] Hon. [honourable?] mem. [member?] of the club so will be set up comfortably. Lady [------?] told Mr Dixon she was going to ask me to stay with them at first. However tommorrow I will go & cable them. Mr Dixon has aged very little He is over 50 but he has scarcely a grey hair in his head. He seems in good spirits, though he still has to go the the [----?]. Buildings & [------?] most of the day there. The only other person [----?] [----?] that I have seen so far is Mr Delvair the fur man. He was pleased to hear of you but it didn't make him knock anything off a "coon" fur coat & "mink" skin cap I bought. Lord Lome introduced the "coon" coat to fashion he tells me. In your time & the [Lau-----s?] only the cabbies wore them. Park sheel from the little I remember is much the same. I expected to see bigger buildings & shops. We are behind the americans in improvements I'm afraid. I am reading from Canadian journal. I had forgotten that you had returned from San Francisco via Ogden, Salt Lake & Denver. I hope I told no lies about the later places to you. But Denver they tell me has been made a new town within the last 5 years. They call it "Queen of the West" now. The Davis talk of coming up to Montreal later on when I get back there. Mr D. [Davis?] is very found of sleighing. The "Windsor" Hotel is new & is a huge place. I suppose they would call it a banqueting hall. It will be amusing to see the [-----?] at Govt. [government?] House. [B--?] [-----?] I am sorry to say has gone to New York but I expect he will be back directly. I wish Uncle Fred would come out for a few weeks. He could leave his family & come & live with me. We would have a great time if he did curling & tobogganing. Will you please ask [-----?] is he got Mr Dixons wedding present. I must end now. I wish only you & father could be here. How you would be [-----?]. I remain my dear Mama Yours affectly [affectionately?] Archie. |
