Sharp diary 1918 page 137. Tuesday 14 May 1918 - Washington
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Tuesday 14th of May 1918
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Breakfasted at the Tea Pot Inn with Bradley and spent the morning doing many odds & ends in the way of shopping. Bought and despatched a nice woolen jersey to old Philander FitzGerald — Maud sending his wife a pair of kid gloves. We laid in a store of canned things & marmalade for the next expedition. I bought my photofilms etc. Ernestine [Evans] called and we took her out to lunch. Afterwards I rested, wrote one or two letters and then got ready for dinner at Mrs Aldrich’s at 8 — the Leslie’s & Willert being there. We all went off to Henry White’s at whose large ambassadorial house I lectured before a "distinguished" company, Leslie introducing me. Lady Reading, the French Ambassador & his wife, Mr & Mrs Jusserand, Mrs George Vanderbilt, the Claxtons (education) Hendersons, Willerts and some Generals & Judges & Major Swinton[?] were there. The lecture went off quite well and everyone seemed very pleased. Maud and I sang quite a number of ballads & songs which it was clear people liked. One or two afterwards hinted to me that it was nice to have an Englishman speaking about something which he had found in America! Quite a long "court" after it was over and I was glad to get home and to bed.Location
USA : Washington DC [38.8951118,-77.0363658]
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