Social life in the early republic . nial, as well as her own impressions of thewomanly grace and bonte de coeur of Englandsyoung Queen. At the time of the jubilee celebra-tion in 1887, a relative of Mrs. Stevensons copiedone of these letters written fifty years before and sentit to Queen Victoria. Through her secretary. LordPonsonby, the royal lady thanked the owner ofthe letter for the pleasure she had given her inallowing her to read what the young Americanmatron had written of her coronation so manyyears before. As the wife of the American minister, was sometimes invited to Wi


Social life in the early republic . nial, as well as her own impressions of thewomanly grace and bonte de coeur of Englandsyoung Queen. At the time of the jubilee celebra-tion in 1887, a relative of Mrs. Stevensons copiedone of these letters written fifty years before and sentit to Queen Victoria. Through her secretary. LordPonsonby, the royal lady thanked the owner ofthe letter for the pleasure she had given her inallowing her to read what the young Americanmatron had written of her coronation so manyyears before. As the wife of the American minister, was sometimes invited to Windsor Castle,and often amused her friends by telling them howthe Queen had prescribed for her upon the occasionof one of these visits. Learning that Mrs. Steven-son was indisposed, the Queen sent for some blackpellets, which she insisted that her visitor shouldtake, assuring her that they were most efficaciousand cured all of her ailments. While in London Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson fre-quently entertained Mr. Richard Vaux, of Phila-268. Mrs. Andrew StevensonBy G. P. A. Healy


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