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Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim was the wife of John Graves Simcoe (1752-1806), who in 1791 was appointed Upper Canada’s first lieutenant governor. For five years, Elizabeth accompanied her husband in the colony under his command. During her stay in North America, which she thoroughly enjoyed, she kept a personal diary and made many sketches and watercolours of Upper and Lower Canada.
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Collected poems of Elisabeth Posthuma Gwillim
Date
May 1, 1797 - February 14, 1801
Dimensions1 textual record ; 22.5 x 18.6 cm
Origin
Canada, North America
Object NumberS001/C3.8,3.6
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentCollection of poems by Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim (1762-1850).
Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim was the wife of John Graves Simcoe (1752-1806), who in 1791 was appointed Upper Canada’s first lieutenant governor. For five years, Elizabeth accompanied her husband in the colony under his command. During her stay in North America, which she thoroughly enjoyed, she kept a personal diary and made many sketches and watercolours of Upper and Lower Canada.
NotesSource of title: Based on the nature of the document.
Immediate source of acquisition: The documents relating to Elizabeth Simcoe kept at the Museum come from the Vowler family, of Devon, England. David M. Stewart apparently purchased this “fonds” from the family in 1982 through the intermediary of a London antique dealer (apparently a Ms. Hoppen, possibly Stephanie Hoppen). At that time the fonds was placed in the Devon archives under the reference code 1038 M/F/1; it was subsequently divided in two between the Queen’s York Rangers regiment (Toronto) and the Stewart Museum.
General notes: Photocopies and documentation available in the Lady Simcoe file.
Immediate source of acquisition: The documents relating to Elizabeth Simcoe kept at the Museum come from the Vowler family, of Devon, England. David M. Stewart apparently purchased this “fonds” from the family in 1982 through the intermediary of a London antique dealer (apparently a Ms. Hoppen, possibly Stephanie Hoppen). At that time the fonds was placed in the Devon archives under the reference code 1038 M/F/1; it was subsequently divided in two between the Queen’s York Rangers regiment (Toronto) and the Stewart Museum.
General notes: Photocopies and documentation available in the Lady Simcoe file.
Status
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Diary of Elisabeth Posthuma Gwillim entitled 1791-1796 Voyages
September 17, 1791 - October 14, 1796
S001/C3.8,3.4
Diary of Elisabeth Posthuma Gwillim entitled 1796
July 25,1796 - September 8, 1796
S001/C3.8,3.3
Diary of Elisabeth Posthuma Gwillim entitled 1792-1793-1794
July 31, 1792 May 16, 1794
S001/C3.8,3.5
The Lamp-Lighter's Poem: Humbly Presented, to all his Worthy Masters and Mistresses
1746
S001/B3.3,6.1
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