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Author: Brown, Hannah >>
Address: S- St [Stratton Street]
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1877, Oct., 17 [No.1]
Document Type: Letter (7 p.)
Content Summary: They have pleasant memories of the manager and his daughter. She expresses concern for Irving's health. How did he like the eucalyptus? She is sending a small bottle of Thieves' Vinegar used at the time of the Plague in England against infection. They feel indignation over a revolutionary act ... Sir Willison Jenner presented the Memorial... As to the picture - the sensible people deserve all the courtesy Irving can show, but she hopes it won't be damaged on the long journeys. Is Trin well? The vinegar would be too strong for him so they send a few bunches of lavender to sniff. The Baroness had a letter from Mrs Balson (?) who says Irving is enchanting Glasgow. Send the odd telegram to save trouble.
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Notes: Dictated to Baroness Burdett-Coutts. It is not known which picture Irving took on tour.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/7)
Ref.No: 602    
Author: Brown, Hannah >>
Address: S- St [Stratton Street]
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1877, Oct., 17 [No.2]
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: Mr Knapp's Bouquet is extremely pretty, she felt it all over and it stands on the Drawing Room table. They were speaking of Mr Knapp and pleasant memories of the box the other day. A telegram from Constance (yacht) says they have arrived safely at Gibraltar. The P-- case is extraordinary. Mr St John goes on the 1st of November. They send a "perfect edition" of Thieves' Vinegar in a separate parcel with a little flat bottle for Irving's waistcoat. Thanks for the telegram in answer - reports have not yet arrived. She thinks Irving is a descendant of "Hercules".
Published: -
Notes: Dictated to Barones Burdett-Coutts. Mr Knapp was probably a Lyceum employee. The P-- case is unidentified. It is referred to again in Letter No.614.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/7)
Ref.No: 603    
Author: Brown, Hannah >>
Address: S- St [Stratton Street]
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1877, Oct., 19 
Document Type: Letter (8 p.)
Content Summary: The Vinegar is only to smell and she fears it has marked Irving's face. She extols holidays and is glad he did not stay at Glasgow. It will be quiet at Perth. She encloses a note from Mr St John, and sent him the little red book Irving had sent with his Theatrical Fund address, also his paper on public amusements. The Masonic votes will be kept for Irving for the next election. She complains of the medical profession, particularly her physician Sir H.J. Irving had asked her to look over the [-] Journal which was a pleasure, but she was hampered by the unintelligent helper. She discusses some of Irving's roles. Trin's collar has been stolen by boys ...
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Notes: Dictated to Baroness Burdett-Coutts. Irving's address on amusements was delivered to the Church of England Temperance Society in March 1876. Irving became a freemason in 1877.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/7)
Ref.No: 604    
Author: Brown, Hannah >>
Address: [Stratton Street]
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: [1877], [Oct.], [22?] 
Document Type: Letter (5-8 p.)
Content Summary: ... she does not wish him to write but hopes for a telegram that all is well. They had telegrams from Mr Layard and Mr Bartlett that they had been delayed by bad weather. They read 'As You Like It' that night with a little dinner party which she joins sitting at a little side table. Critchett says all is going well and she takes comfort from friends. (Postscript) She will take care of his enclosures till they meet.
Published: -
Notes: Incomplete. Written by Baroness Burdett-Coutts.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/7)
Ref.No: 606    
Author: Brown, Hannah >>
Address: S- St [Stratton Street]
Recipient: Irving, Sir Henry >>
Address: -
Date: 1877, Oct., 23 
Document Type: Letter (4 p.)
Content Summary: Hearty greeting to Dundee and its quaint little theatre and its manager. She hopes the Russells do their duty well. It was good to drive to Stirling which is more interesting than Perth. She talks of the success of 'The Lyons Mail' and of Irving's success in Scotland. She sends him some coloured markers with ribbons to mark passages in books. She writes to answer his kind letter, and refers to Blackpool, Mr Sinclair who came to hear Mr Lacy and went to see Mr Long's picture also seen by the Baroness, etc. Mrs Brown has already "seen" the picture... (Postscript) She mentions a bag in use and string [sent by Irving?].
Published: -
Notes: Dictated to Baroness Burdett-Coutts. The Russells ran Irving's hotel. The picture is probably Edwin Long's portrait of Irving as Hamlet.
Document Holder: THM (Reference: THM/37/7/7)
Ref.No: 607    
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