Description
A postcard, postdated April 23 1912, 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: "Apr 23. Your card received. Glad the coal strike is over. Isn't the Titanic disaster a horrible thing? This is a scene from the 'ould sod'. L.M.M."