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Cape Blomidon, N.S., Dominion Atlantic Railway.
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- Title
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Cape Blomidon, N.S., Dominion Atlantic Railway.
- Author
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Montgomery, L.M. (Lucy Maud)
- Collection
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L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection.
- Donor
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Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.
- Note
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The lines quoted by Montgomery are from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem "Evangeline," published in 1847. For further information about this item, refer to: Cavert, Mary Beth (2020). "L.M. Montgomery’s Picture Postcards to George Boyd MacMillan 1904–1941." Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies. (December 14, 2020). n.p. https://journaloflmmontgomerystudies.ca/jlmms/cavert/lm-montgomerys-pict...
- Genre
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art reproduction
- Call Number(s)
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1001.SI.LMMGBM.PC.025a
- Abstract
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A postcard, postdated November 11 1907, bearing a message in L.M. Montgomery's handwriting addressed to "Mr. Geo. B. MacMillan". George Boyd MacMillan (1881-1953) was a Scottish journalist and writer, and a favourite correspondent of L.M. Montgomery. The two were first introduced, by letter, in 1903, through an American writer who was developing a circle of literary pen friends. Although Montgomery and MacMillan only met briefly in-person, during her 1911 honeymoon in Scotland, their voluminous exchange of letters, postcards, and gifts continued until late 1941, just months before Montgomery's death. PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT: " 'Away to the northward Blomidon rose and forests old and aloft - on the mountains Sea-fogs pitched their tents.' Longfellow."