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Show Mr. Vsua- Did fiance With Her. The story often told that tho late Hon. Richard Vans had danced with Qnoon Victoria Iio Uii -tJoit-J nuito frequently since his death, but as a matter of fact ho did dance with the queen. He was not her partner, it is true, but danced in what was known as the queen's cotillon at the ball given in her honor in 1837, when he was secretary sec-retary of tho United States legation. Mi. Vans was selected by the queen her-Eelf her-Eelf as one of tho seven persons to join with her in the dance, a very great honor. In tho course of the evolutions in the cotillon he danced with the oueen. This statement was made by Mr. Vans to a well known Pennsylva-nian Pennsylva-nian who served with him in the Fifty-first Fifty-first congress. Philadelphia Record. |
