RMS Nascopie #255 10 Sep 1946 5c Fort Ross, NWT Cover to UK
RMS Nascopie #255 10 Sep 1946 5c Fort Ross, NWT Cover to UK Lot 61 in our auction Saturday 21st...
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May 16, 2022 | Covers, Highlights, North West Territories
RMS Nascopie #255 10 Sep 1946 5c Fort Ross, NWT Cover to UK Lot 61 in our auction Saturday 21st...
Read MoreOct 13, 2021 | Collections, Highlights, Letters, Marcus Smith, Letters, North West Territories, Railways
Shoal Lake N.W. Territories 1880
“My Dear Wife… We have had wretched weather for six weeks past especially the last month. High winds and cold with rain overhead and swamps the men are constantly soaked to the waist almost- Our tents are always dripping and everything is damp some of us are suffering from rheumatism, and my joints are stiff. But I am otherwise well- But my long journeys are over..”
Sep 30, 2021 | Canadian Provinces, Collections, Highlights, Letters, Marcus Smith, Letters, North West Territories, Railways
Rapid City, N.W.T. 7 Sep 1880 Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 29 in our auction Saturday 2nd...
Read MoreSep 22, 2021 | British Columbia History, Collections, Highlights, Letters, Marcus Smith, Letters, North West Territories
Fort Ellice, NWT 16 Aug 1880 1.5pg Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 24 in our auction Saturday...
Read MoreSep 17, 2021 | Canadian Provinces, Highlights, Letters, Marcus Smith, Letters, North West Territories
Fort Ellice, NWT July 26th 1880, My Dear Wife.. go to Halifax at the end of the season when the weather is cooler as the journey is a long and wearisome one..
you should hire a french girl to help you with the house work and make the girls talk as much as possible with the people so that they may pick up the vernacular tongue.-
Call on Dr. Robataille at Quebec when you are returning home- he you know is Lieutenant Governor-
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The weather is hotter here than ever I have found it before- and I have had some hard work and expect to have a month more of it mostly in woods where the mosquitos are dreadful-.. ove and Kisses to all the children and yourself #marcussmith #canadianrailways #canadianrailwaysurvey #bchistory
Sep 9, 2021 | Canadian Provinces, Collections, Highlights, Letters, Marcus Smith, Letters, North West Territories
“..This has been a very difficult work- as the greater portion is densely wooded with swamps interspersed- so that the labour has been severe and the mosquito nuisance almost unbearable What were they made for?..”
Read MoreSep 3, 2021 | Collections, Highlights, Letters, Marcus Smith, Letters, North West Territories, Railways
“..At the same time comes a telegram from Schreiber asking me to report to him at least once a fortnight and before work is commenced to submit all plans and profiles for the impr approval of the Govt. The Govt. being Mr. Schreiber- The first part is literally impossible and useless. The second implies that I am not to be trusted in designing the work- I shall take no notice of either excepting a simple acknowledgement of his telegram..”
Read MoreMay 27, 2018 | Autographs, Exceptional, Highlights, North West Territories, Royal Highlight, Royalty
1160th Auction 26th May 2018 Lot 1 sold Queen Elizabeth’s Signature The Guestbook and...
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