The Prat Sisters: Free Spirits of the 1890s

"St. Kavin" was one of Carman's poetic characters. Carman signs himself "White Gull," in reference to his poem, "The White Gull," which was dedicated to "M.S.P." (Minnie Sophia Prat) and published in The Independent, 4 August 1892.
Original letter (with other Bliss Carman correspondence) at Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University, donated by William Inglis Morse, 1943.

Date: Published in William Inglis Morse, Bliss Carman Bibliography (Windham, Conn., 1941)

Reference: Nova Scotia Archives  PS8455 A72 Z7, p. 55