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months before the thought of Literary Garland, Arthur was so moved 2. Enthusiasm, and Other Poems would be emigration to occurred to her. by her talent and loyalty that he published (by subscription) by Smith, Elder in London in 1831. The sentiments of 1830 were still strong personally intervened in approving 3. "London" appeared in Fraser's Magazine in her, while the rationale was, to her appointments for her husband, first to a for Town and Country, 5 (March 1832), mind, far more serious and immediate. militia unit in 1838 and then as sheriff "God Preserve the King" in Athenaeum, 134 The effects of these poems were of Hastings County in 1839. (May 22, 1830), and "'s Glory" in far-reaching. Moodie's patriotic verse, Lady's Magazine, Improved Series 3 (January 1831). "Britannia's Wreath" appeared in first published in by Lady's Magazine, IS 4 (August 1831). Fothergill's newspaper, brought her Notes 4. The elderly Fothergill (1782-1840) was, greater public and political recognition. like Susanna, a deeply patriotic Englishman. Her Palladium poems caught the 1. We know of three reviews of Patriotic He published at least 10 Songs. In addition to the Suffolk Chronicle poems (and several by her husband) during attention of an audience that included review, there were notices in Lady's the Palladium's year and a half of existence Montreal publisher John Lovell and Magazine, New Series IV (September 1831), (December 1837-1839). Only about one Upper Canada's Lieutenant-Governor p. 155, and La Belle Assemblee, Vol. XIV third of the Palladium's issues have survived. Sir George Arthur. While Lovell (August 1831), p. 82. It is noteworthy that The National Library holds three such rare Eliza Strickland had by this time assumed an reprinted many of Moodie's poems in editorial position with Lady's Magazine and his newspaper, the Montreal Transcript, that Susanna wrote often for Thomas and then sought her out as a Harral's La Belle Assemblee. contributor to his new magazine, the

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received over the years from the Susanna Moodie and National Archives' Anne Goddard, a from National Library staff: Catherine Hobbs, literary manuscript archivist; Catharine Parr Traill: Michel Brisebois, rare book curator; Claude LeMoine, former head, Special A Partnership Project of the National Library and National Archives of Canada Collections; and from recently retired Gwynneth Evans, director-general, Joni Waiser, Research and Information Services National and International Programs. Professor Peterman and his two he Susanna Moodie and Library's Digital Library of Canada Task research colleagues, Carl Ballstadt, Catharine Parr Trail Web site, Force described the content and professor emeritus, McMaster Twww.nlc-bnc.ca/moodie-traill/ different processes undertaken to bring University, and Beth Hopkins, professor index-e.html, contains a wealth of about this digital project. of English, York University, were the material about these two sisters who are co-curatots of the Moodie-Traill Web among Canada's most important Michael Peterman, Co-curator site. The three had met over 20 years 19th century writers. Drawn from the ago through their mutual interest in collections of the National Library and Michael Peterman teaches in the Moodie and Traill and agreed on the National Archives of Canada, the site English Department at appeal of the two English sister writers. provides biographical and historical and is currently the principal of They co-edited three volumes of letters information, book excerpts and Catharine Parr Traill College. He began by Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr transcripts of original letters, as well as by extending thanks to the Web site Traill, which were published by the resources for further study and team: Tania Constanzo and Susan University of Toronto Press in 1985, teaching. At the SAVOIR FAIRE Globensky, National Library project 1993 and 1996. ECW Press published seminar on April 16, 2002, presenters leaders, and Eleanor Brown, National Professor Peterman's biography Susanna Michael Peterman of Trent University Archives project leader. He then Moodie: A Life in 1999. and Susan Globensky of the National acknowledged the great support he

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