An unidentifed author, W.P.C., of Williamstown, GC, wrote in the early Canadian literary journal called the Literary Garland, published at Montreal 1838-1851. In accordance with the literary practice of the time, the pen name could have indicated something other than W.P.C.’s actual name. It could for example have been the intials of a family motto, or a coded reference to the author’s profession. </fs>

Literary History of Canada, ed. Carl F. Klinck, 2nd edition (1976), I, 163-164 & Literary Garland (microfilm)