Mrs. McLeod Stewart (née Linnie Powell) attended the Ottawa Historical Ball as the Duchess of Suffolk in the Discovery of Canada by Jacques Cartier set in a costume which she had worn on at least two previous occasions. The current version of the bodice shows that it was later altered for another use.
 

Mrs. McLeod Stewart as the Duchess of Suffolk Ottawa, 1896 W.J. Topley National Archives of Canada, PA-197370	Dress worn by Mrs. McLeod Stewart as the Duchess of Suffolk Ottawa, 1896 Cotton velveteen; silk taffeta; cotton lace; foil and bead embellishment Loan courtesy of Mrs. Jane Hart