1820  16 Aug  Shelburne  

1111. Sarah White to her brother Cornelius. Local news, "…they were two men last week who call'd themselves play actors. They held forth in the Court House, I was there once but can't say I was much pleased with their performances except in part of two plays, one was Donald McIntosh's travels from Aberdeen to London, the others, part of the mad actor it has however given me a greater desire than ever to go to a theatre where I could see Macbeth, Hamlet, Julius Cesar, Coriolanus, Romeo & Juliet..." Family news. Holograph.

White Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 Vol. 954 No. 1111