anscriber's Note:
Ailesbury], the Most Noble the Marchioness of Kildare, the
Most Noble the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl and Countess of
Shaftesbury, Earl of Carlisle, Countess of Jersey, Countess
of Granville, Countess of Wilton, Viscountess Palmerston,
the Lady Constance Grosvenor, and Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe.

"_Artists._--Miss E.T. Greenfield, Miss J. Brougham, Miss E.
Brougham, Mr. Charles Cotton, Mr. Augustus Braham the
eminent tenor; piano-forte, Miss Eliza Ward."

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"At the Theatre Royal, Lincoln, Dec. 23, 1853, under the
same distinguished patronage as at Hammersmith.

"_Artists._--Mrs. Alexander Newton (of her Majesty's Grand
National Concerts), Miss Ward, Miss E.T. Greenfield, Mr.
Augustus Braham, Mr. Charles Cotton (from Milan), Mr.
Distin."

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"Again: to verify the fact of her having received the
attention of very distinguished personages, the following
certificates are laid before the reader:--

"'Sir George Smart has the pleasure to state that her
Majesty Queen Victoria commanded Miss Greenfield to attend
at Buckingham Palace on May the 10th, 1854, when she had the
honor of singing several songs, which he accompanied on the
piano-forte.

"'To Miss GREENFIELD, from Sir GEORGE SMART, Kt.,

"'Organist and Composer to her Majesty's Chapel Royal.

"'June 24, 1854. No. 91, GR. PORTLAND ST., LONDON.'

"'This is to certify that Miss Greenfield had the honor of
singing before her Majesty the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
By her Majesty's command,

"'C.B. PHIPPS.

"'BUCKINGHAM PALACE, July 22, 1854, LONDON.'"

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"In May, 1854, she received an invitation through the Rev.
Mr. Geary to sing at a concert, but declined, being advised
not to sing at public concerts until her return to the
United States. She therefore sang only at private parties
until July, 1854, when that same noble benefactress, the
Duchess of Sutherland, secured for her two places in 'The
Indiana' steam-packet for New York.

"With a warm invitation to revisit England at some future
period, she embarked at Southampton to return to America."

The trip to London and its attendant circumstances resulted