Details

Title

Charlottetown from Fort Edward.

Author

Montgomery, L.M. (Lucy Maud)

Collection

L.M. Montgomery Institute. Ryrie-Campbell Collection.

Donor

Donated by Donna Jane Campbell.

Note

Message written on front of card; address only on back. 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

art reproduction

Call Number(s)

1001.SI.LMMGBM.PC.014a

Abstract

A postcard, postdated July 11 1905 Cavendish, PEI and July 22 1905 Alloa, 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: "July 11. 'Loch Lomond' card to hand. Lovely. Yes it is No VI of superstitions I have. Old cannons used in famous siege of Louisberg, and fished out of harbor after 160 years immersion. L.M.M."