Love Strong as Death: Lucy Peel’s Canadian Journal, 1833-1836

240 Pages·2001·1.341 MB·English

by  J. I. Little

Love Strong as Death
Lucy Peel’s Canadian Journal, 1833-1836
J. I. Little, editor
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Love Strong as Death
Lucy Peel’s Canadian Journal,
1833 – 1836
J.I. Little, editor
Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
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This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Humanities and
Social Sciences Federation of Canada, using funds provided by the Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Weacknowledge the support of the
Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. We acknowledge the
financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing
Industry Development Program for our publishing activities.
National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data
Peel, Lucy,fl. 1833-1836
Love strong as death : Lucy Peel’s Canadian journal, 1833-1836
(Studies in childhood and family in Canada)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-88920-373-3 (bound)
1. Peel, Lucy,fl. 1833-1836 — Diaries. 2. Frontier and pioneer life — Quebec
(Province) — SherbrookeRegion. 3. Pioneers — Quebec (Province) — Sher-
brooke Region — Diaries. 4. Sherbrooke Region (Quebec) — Biography.
I. Little,J.I. (John Irvine), 1947- . II. Title. III. Series.
FC2949.S47Z49 2001 971.4′6602′092 C2001-930463-3
F1054.5.S55P43 2001
©2001 Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Waterloo,Ontario N2L3C5
Cover design by Leslie Macredie. Cover image based on ‘‘The Junction of the
St. Francis and Magog Rivers (Sherbrooke)’’ from W.C. Bartlett, Canadian
Scenery Illustrated (L ondon, 1842). Courtesy of Bishop’s University Archives
FC 72.W5.
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To the memory of Robin Burns, 1944-1998
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Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love
is strong as death. — Song of Solomon 7:6
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Contents
Acknowledgements ....................................................................... xi
Introduction ................................................................................. 1
Fr equently Mentioned Names ....................................................... 19
Book One ..................................................................................... 23
Book Two ..................................................................................... 71
Book Three ................................................................................... 173
Notes ............................................................................................ 209
Index ............................................................................................ 227
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Acknowledgements
In many ways, this publication has been a co-operative effort. I would
like to begin by thanking Dr Hugh Kinder for permission to publish his
ancestor ’s letter-diary, as well as for his kind responses to my questions
about his family. I am also grateful to the Eastern Townships Research
Centrefor their faith in me as an editor;toDrJuliet Harrison, who tran-
scribed the journal to the word processor; to Stephen Moore and Jack
Corse for their research assistance; and particularly to Monique Nadeau-
Saumier and Rina Kampeas, who worked hard to make this publication
possible. In addition, I wish to thank Sandra Woolfrey, formerly of Wil-
frid Laurier University Press, for her initial encouragement; Carroll
Klein, who took over the project with equal enthusiasm; the anonymous
readers for the Press and the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation
for their helpful comments; and Barbara Tessman for her painstaking
copy-editing. My research was assisted by funds from the Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council, and publication was made possible by
a grant from the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada.
Finally, as always, I wish to thank my family for their patience and sup-
port.
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