C.P.R. 27 Jan 1893 last payout letter to Marcus Smith
Realized $660 C.P.R. 27 Jan 1893 last payout letter to Marcus Smith Lot 27 in our auction Saturday...
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Realized $660 C.P.R. 27 Jan 1893 last payout letter to Marcus Smith Lot 27 in our auction Saturday...
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Realized $1,650 C.P.R. 30 Mar 1872 & 22 May 1876 8×13″ Smith Appointment Letter duo...
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Altogether there is trouble ahead and I would not for anything go through the same terrible muddle and uncertainty that I did on The Intercolonial for any money so intend to have it out this summer ..
One thing very certain is that it will be impossible for any one having self respect to stay on the line if Fleming is Chief Engineer –
The Govt already sent him and act independently of him – so that he will insist on us doing things that he has not power to back us up in – neither has he the will when it comes to push —–
Mr Selwyn the Chief of the Geological survey is here – he says that young Dawson – son of the Professor in McGill College Montreal – comes out in July to take charge of the Geo. survey in B. Columbia which will last for a lifetime he says Dawson is an exceedingly worthy young man and I could get Tom with him if I would consent to let him go for his keep and a mere nominal salary of $20 a month to begin with – this is what we are going to reduce beginners wages to on our work —
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Kamloops, BC 22 Nov 1885 C.P.R. engineer Marcus Smith last letter to his wife Mentions railway...
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Kamloops, B.C. 20 Oct 1885 Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 73 in our auction Saturday 18th...
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Kamloops, B.C. 6 Oct 1885 4-pg Marcus Smith Letter to his wife
Lot 69 in our auction 11th February 2023
Sir Charles Tupper Schreiber & party came by the Northern Pacific Ry to Victoria thence on their way home by the Canadian Pacific they arrived here on Saturday afternoon (3rd inst) two days before I expected them They left in half an hour and I accompanied them as far as the end of the track, about 100 miles – where they took horses and waggons to carry them over about 40 miles – the gap – to the end of the track from the east – our train waited there two hours when the Governor General and his party arrived on horseback (over the said gap) from the east – the two parties crossing each other on the way…
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Van Horne will be out here soon after the track is joined from East & west – say the end of October at latest — It is remarked in the Newspapers that Tupper, Pope & Schreiber are coming out the former can have no business except as most people think to whitewash Onderdonk and look after his share of the shares –
Everybody knows the line is not finished according to specification and none believe the C.P.Rwly will accept it as it is but will ask for a large sum from the Govt to complete it –
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My dear Nannie
I wrote you hurriedly two days ago – today I have a little more time and again referring to Arthur I am very much concerned about his future prospects. He has a fine intellect but whenever I have seen him he was very quiet and apparently timid which might indicate a want of energy but as he was said to be animated on the play ground and liked his associates it might be only boyish bashfulness which would gradually wear off. But as you say he is still physically weak and listless. I fear he is much of the temperament of Adam and ill fitted to fight the battle of life – Then as to the choice of a profession can you find out if ever he has given a thought whether the legal profession will be congenial to his tastes or his health
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Kamloops, BC 1 Sep 1885 Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 75 in our auction Saturday 7th January...
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Kamloops, B.C. 9 Aug 1885 8-pg Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 96 in our auction Saturday 17th...
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Kamloops 1885, My dear Nannie, ..When Big Bear’s cattle are all consumed he will have to live on fish and small game but he will probably (when he finds points on Beaver River occupied by troops) strike north eastward for Green Lake on the main Hudson Bay Company’s brigade trail to the north – Green Lake (the north end of it) is near a bend of Beaver River about 140 miles from Carleton – to which troops will probably be sent if they don’t catch Big Bear before – I think it is a mistake they did not send Col. Otter with his brigade to catch Big Bear as that brigade seems best fitted for Indian warfare from their rapid marching – but I dare say you would sooner see the boys home – then chasing Indians though it appears they are disappointed in not being allowed to go.
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Kamloops, B.C. 2 Jul 1885 Marcus Smith letter to his wife, cf Riel Lot 75 in our auction Saturday...
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C.P.R. Engineer’s Office Kamloops 2 Jun 1885 Marcus Smith letter Lot 91 in our auction...
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May 27th 1885,
My dear wife
When you read the enclosed clippings respecting the reported battle at Eagle hills you will understand how anxious I was and how glad to receive your telegram –
Of course as the report came from the New York correspondent of a San Francisco newspaper and as it stated there were 19 Englishmen and 21 Canadians killed – a distinction not likely to be made and as there were probably not 19 Englishmen in the whole of Otter’s forces. there was an air of improbability about it – but at the same time as the capture of a number of waggons and teamsters was confirmed which would take place near the E(a)gle hills I thought Otter would have made a dash to recover them as the troops at the time would be short of provisions. Besides as you will gather from my letter of three weeks ago respecting Otter’s battle of May 2nd – I was afraid he was ambitious to distinguish himself even at the expense of heavy losses of men as he never had any experience in active warfare which requires judgement and caution of a different kind from mere drill
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My Dear Wife, I have been up the line for a week and on my return yesterday (saturday) evening received your letter of the 2nd instant together with a number of newspapers mostly “weekly” which were very acceptable as they give a great deal of news about the position of the troops and other details which are not telegraphed here or copied in the newspapers. The latest telegram we have had was General Middleton’s official account of the battle at Gabrielle’s crossing on saturday the 9th inst. In which he had driven the Rebels from their position with very small loss of troops – 1 killed and 6 wounded – he concludes that he expects next – day – (sunday) to clear the Rebels out of Batoche
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Kamloops, B.C. 13 Apr 1885 Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 71 in our auction Saturday 5th...
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Kamloops, B.C. 4 Apr 1885 Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 84 in our auction Saturday 29th...
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1885.. A friend has just lent me a pamphlet published by Mr Drysdale & Co 232 James Street Montreal – The author is anonymous but I recognize the style as Kingsford’s. It will be terribly damaging to the C.P.R. Comp(y) financially because it is unanswerable as most of it is true the price is 25 cents send me a copy by book post at once I forgot to say the title is “The Canadian Pacific Railway”
The politicians will of course try to pooh pooh it – but it will tell in England and everywhere except to political partisans of Sir J.A. Mac.
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Realized $605 Kamloops. B.C. 8 March 1885 Marcus Smith 4pg Letter to his wife Lot 98 in our...
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Kamloops, B.C. 31 Jan 1885 6-pg Marcus Smith Letter to his wife Lot 67 in our auction Saturday 8th...
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C.P.R. Engineer’s Office Kamloops 24 Jan 1885 Marcus Smith Letter Lot 71 in our auction...
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Ann Smith Ottawa letter to her daughter Clarice Lot 32 in our auction Saturday 17th September 2022...
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Dalhousie N. B.
12th March 1871
My dear Tom,
Mamma has been sick but is now quite well and is very anxious to have a letter from you – she wrote to you some weeks ago and enclosed a 1 dollar bill and some postage stamps if you have received this you should have written to mamma to say so – even if it were a very short letter you should always write when you receive money or anything of importance as those who send it are always anxious to know if it has been received.
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Marcus Smith letter to Wife, realized $1,210 Lot 81 C.P.R. Engineer’s Office Kamloops 1884 #CanadianRailroads #BCHistory I dined with Mr & Mrs H. J. Cambie, had a most excellent dinner & pleasant evening – Cambie has built a frame house on an acre only cost $3000
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New Westminster, B.C. 20 Jul 1883 Marcus Smith Letter Lot 80 in our auction Saturday 27th August...
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My dear Eloise
I received yours and baby’s letter a few days ago — I am glad she is so happy and behaving herself tolerably well.
I am also glad to learn that the trip to Ottawa improved Grandma’s health I think Mr. Hume must take a trip there next winter when Parliament is sitting. I hope his health will improve as the summer advances – There seems to have been very cold wet weather all the spring and dreadful floods lately —
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My dear Nannie .. Mr Onderdonk came down a few days ago not feeling well — I went over with him to Victoria we had not been an hour on salt water before we felt invigorated by the sea breeze and by 1 p.m felt ravenously hungry and ate a huge dinner.
It has been hot in Victoria – for it – but never above 83° in the shade and all the people looking so healthy and rosy I was only a day and a half there and felt ten years younger nothing like the sea breeze it acts like magic
Aug 4, 2022 | Collections, Highlights, Letters, Marcus Smith, Letters
My dear Nannie, I was over part of the line with Mr. Schreiber which wasted several days – as it was a mere scamper like the visits of the Commissioners on the Intercolonial. Immediately after Mr. Onderdonk and myself walked over the line from Port Moody to Hope 70 miles – it was hot and dusty and we were nearly choked with smoke which has continued nearly two months – so I am tired and foot sore
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New Westminster, B.C. 2 Sep 1883 Marcus Smith Letter to his wife Lot 82 in our auction Saturday...
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My dear Nannie, I mentioned in my last letter that we had been over two months in perpetual gloom from the dense smoke of forrest fires – a week ago this came to an end we had two days heavy rain and now we have variable weather _ rain and sunshine cold enough for occasional fire in the grate – I am still very busy and shall be till the end of the year but most of the heavy outdoor work is over for a while – Tom has plenty of work and is thriving on it. I think it possible I may return home about the end of the year and perhaps not come back.
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My dear Nannie,.. I thought he had done with the school and was now going to attend the University courses of lectures and would have to pass an annual examination there. this appears to be the case. A few days ago I met Judge Grey with other professional gentlemen they all strongly advised – a University course and_ if _as is likely _ at the end of 3 years he will get the degree of B.A. – it will enable him to practice as a barrister in any part of the Dominion..
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New Westminster, B.C. 6 Nov 1883 Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 89 in our auction Saturday...
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New Westminster, B.C. 20 Nov 1883 Marcus Smith letter to his wife, My dear Nannie, A few days ago I received a package of photographs – two of them of Arthur. The one in profile I think the best. The other makes him a very long face but the eyes are good…
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New Westminster, B.C. 4 Dec 1883 Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 77 in our auction Saturday...
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C.P.R. Engineer’s Office Victoria, B.C. 21 Nov 1884 Marcus Smith letter Lot 79 in our...
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New Westminster, B.C. 27 Oct 1884 4-pg Marcus Smith letter to wife Lot 92 in our auction Saturday...
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New Westminster, B.C. 5 Jul 1883 Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 87 in our auction Saturday...
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New Westminster, B.C. 20 June 1883 2-pg Marcus Smith letter to wife Lot 97 in our auction Saturday...
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New Westminster, B.C. 8 Jun 1883 Marcus Smith Letter to wife Anne Lot 86 in our auction Saturday...
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New Westminster, B.C. 17 May 1883 Marcus Smith Letter to his wife Lot 83 in our auction Saturday...
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New Westminster, B.C. 8 May 1883 Marcus Smith letter to his wife Anne Lot 92 in our auction...
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27 Apr 1883 New Westminster, B.C. 4pg Marcus Smith letter to wife Lot 87 in our auction Saturday...
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Palace Hotel SFR 10 Apr 1883 5pg Marcus Smith letter to wife Lot 82 in our auction Saturday 23rd...
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New Westminster, B.C. 18 July 1882 3-pg Marcus Smith letter to wife Lot 89 in our auction Saturday...
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New Westminster, B.C. 8 Aug 1882 2-pg Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 71 in our auction...
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C.P.R. Engineer’s Office Ft. Hope, B.C. 28 Aug 1882 M. Smith Letter Lot 99 in our auction...
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Driard House Victoria, B.C. 28 Jun 1882 Marcus Smith Letter to wife Lot 94 in our auction Saturday...
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New Westminster, B.C. 9 Jl 1882 4-pg Marcus Smith letter to wife Lot 81 in our auction Saturday...
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New Westminster 19 Sep 1882 3pg Marcus Smith Letter to his wife Lot 103 in our auction Saturday...
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Savonas Ferry Lake Kamloops 24 Oct 1882 3-pg Marcus Smith letter Lot 92 in our auction Saturday...
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C.P.R. Engineer’s Office, New West, B.C. 4 Nov 1881 Smith letter Lot 116 in our auction...
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New Westminster, B.C. 28 Nov 1882 3-pg Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 87 in our auction...
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Toronto 13 Apr 1882 2pg Letter to Anne Smith from her bro William Lot 25 in our auction Saturday...
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New Westminster, B.C. 18 Oct 1881 4-pg Marcus Smith Letter to wife Lot 85 in our auction Saturday...
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New Westminster 7 Oct 1881 2-pg Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 91 in our auction Saturday...
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New Westminster, B.C. 27 Sep 1881 4-pg Marcus Smith letter to wife Lot 70 in our auction Saturday...
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Camp at Fort Hope 16 Sep 1881 1pg Marcus Smith Letter to his wife Lot 81 in our auction Saturday...
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New Westminster 9 Sep 1881 Marcus Smith 2pg letter to his wife Lot 72 in our auction Saturday 18th...
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New Westminster, B.C. 28 Aug 1881 3pg Marcus Smith letter to wife Lot 65 in our auction Saturday...
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“..I hope he [Tom] now has time to improve himself and instead of reading trashy novels he will get some Harper’s standard publications. They are very cheap – his biographies are only 75 cents each – so that if he only got one or even two a month it would not hurt his pocket much – I suppose Arthur will be going back before you get this – I hope he will do as well this year as last – I suppose all the big girls are away from home and left you and Clarice alone – tell the sprat she must write to Papa –
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Camp on Fraser 8 Aug 1881 3pg Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 84 in our auction Saturday 27th...
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New Westminster B.C. 29 Jul 1881 Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 87 in our auction Saturday...
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July 19th,1881
My dear Wife
I have had a very hard month’s work surveying the Harbour of Port Moody and adjacent grounds for the western terminus of the C.P.R. It is surrounded by high hills wooded with trees of enormous size. Many of them fallen and with the rankest growth of underbrush-..
Nov 4, 2021 | British Columbia History, Collections, Exceptional, Highlights, Letters, Marcus Smith, Letters, Railways
Sold for $605, Port Moody, B.C. 26 June 1881 Marcus Smith 3-page letter to his wife
“The surveys are fairly commenced and I have been forced to do some very hard work- owing to the incompetency of the assistant Ailyn who has had very little experience and is naturally very dull & stupid- Gamsby is very little better. He has hitherto got on by always having good assistants but knows nothing himself- has no brains but for old woman’s gossip- has no instruments, never had any in his life nor does he care about the work- ..”
Oct 28, 2021 | British Columbia History, Collections, Highlights, Marcus Smith, Letters
“There will be a glorious out crop of this state of things- and in the muddle- no one will be responsible. ..Trutch I find is very unpopular – here as he is ostentatious and haughty, and considered as a spy, and a disturber instead of a peace maker between the Dominion and Provincial Govt. And will cause trouble to the former. This however is none of my business but I forsee that the time will come when he must cease to muddle with engineering matters-
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Toronto May 23rd. 1881
My dear Wife
I spent the evening at Williams’ yesterday where I met Arthur, Mr. & Miss Helmcken- all well Meggie looks delicate Arthur grown like a young elephant..
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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..”
Oct 7, 2021 | Collections, Highlights, Letters, Manitoba, Marcus Smith, Letters
“.. [Schreiber] conducts himself to others like a navie or subcontractor’s foreman- He is entirely off his head with his new dignity However he has completely exposed his ignorance not only of the Country but of his profession and if I am driven to it I could expose him thoroughly
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Rapid City, N.W.T. 7 Sep 1880 Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 29 in our auction Saturday 2nd...
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Fort Ellice, NWT 16 Aug 1880 1.5pg Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 24 in our auction Saturday...
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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?..”
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“..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..”
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Winnipeg 6 June 1880 Marcus Smith 4 page letter to his wife Lot 23 in our auction Saturday 28th...
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Marcus > “.. I have positively refused to take instructions from Mr. Schreiber or Report to him the result may be that I shall be recalled and return home next week, or if not I shall simply go on with my work and ignore Schreiber altogether”
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C.P. Hotel Winnipeg 25 May 1880 2pg Marcus Smith Letter to Brophy Lot 41 in our auction Saturday...
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C.P.R. Manitoba District 8 July 1879 Marcus Smith Letter to his wife Lot 35 in our auction...
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Fort Ellice 16 July 1879 Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 31 in our auction Saturday 31st July...
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Elbows of the Little Sask. 9 Sp 1879 Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 25 in our auction...
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Fort Carleton, Sk. 10 Au 1879 Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 23 in our auction Saturday 17th...
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Realized $605 in our auction 10th July 2021, Marcus Smith 1878 to his wife “..any motive to act dishonestly or underhand in a great national question- he [Fleming] took the sneaking course of finding out what the Govt. wanted and acted accordingly- ignoring me altogether, and keeping me in the dark as to what he was reporting even up to the last moment both in regard to the work to be done and the assistants to be appointed &.c-..”
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Marcus Smith, Prince Arthur’s landing Lake Superior July 28th1878, “My dear Wife…..Love to all the children”
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Lake Superior 8th August 1878 “..I am very anxious about what will be the best course to take after my Mr. Fleming returns. I do not see how I can work under him with any satisfaction when I know the underhand way in which he is influencing the engineering staff against me. Besides the whole management is in such a muddle- Contracts costing half as much again as they were estimated at the letting-..”
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Realized $526 in our auction Saturday 19th June 2021 Blackwater 45 miles N.W. of Quesnelle-Sept. 23rd,1875 “My Dear Wife…yourself and children would be far better in Victoria then anywhere in Canada and the climate is far superior- and living is always getting cheaper and so will all conveniences when the work commences as there will be a large influx of people of all condition..”
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“…for only there is a change of Govt. or Mr.Fleming changes his mind I forsee almost a stoppage to the Pacific RW and nothing for me to do. We shall see-“
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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY SURVEY.
Salmon House Dean River Sept 4th. 1875,
My dear wife, I have just walked from the head of the Dean channel, through the Cascade mountains to this point where horses have been sent to meet us- I am in excellent health. This last walk has done me as much good as that in the spring did me harm- The weather is fine and cool
May 28, 2021 | British Columbia History, Documents, Highlights, Letters, Marcus Smith, Letters, Railways
C.P.R. Survey Western Division Victoria 22 Au 1875 4 pg Smith Letter Lot 87 in our auction...
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“Camp near Tatla Lake, Sunday July 4th, 1875 My dear Wife, I start tomorrow early and...
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Sold for $2,600 Lot 82 in our auction Saturday 15th May 2021 1875 Marcus Smith letter to wife Anne from Soda Creek B.C. describes the start of journey to survey route across Coast mountains to Bute. Inlet, on Canadian Pacific Railway Survey headed notepaper
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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAYOFFICE OF THE ENGINEER-IN-CHIEFFeb 1st(4pm) 1875My dear WifeI sent a...
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Ottawa Jan. 30th, 1875, My dear Annie, if you could come up with the children on Thursday morning and go with me- It is a full dress affair -dress should not be black but anything else would do, it is only for five minutes to walk past and bow…
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Ottawa Jan. 8th, 1875 “I had the honor of dining with the Premier and Mrs. Mackenzie yesterday evening…”
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I could get through easily and give a decided Report if I were Chief Engineer-but with Mr. Flemings perpetual alterations and non committals combined with the political forces in the back ground I expect to have a hard time of it- I have a good mind to give in my Report pure and simple and not submit to any alterations and let them suppress it altogether if they think fit…I am weary weary and long for rest. I have been travelling every day and many nights since I left you in May..So excuse my writing more, it is late and I am tired travelled 60 miles today in an open wagon- thermometer to zero.
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I got back from my long trip north and within the limits of civilization a few days ago and received a great pile of letters, among others, yours of sept. 25th (with Tom’s and Eloise’s likeness enclosed) in which you tell me you have got them both to school- I am glad Eloise went to Miss Dupont’s I think she will do well-
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The hard work on this vast [BC] line is wearing me down and I shall get no thanks for it- these cussed policies are a disgrace and will bring ruin to the country- I only wish I were at the Cape now-They have found gold in large nuggets everybody is leaving Capetown
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Fort George, on the Upper Fraser Oct 7th,1874
My dear wife
I have come down by canoe from Francois lake about 140 miles west of this and am so far on my way back to Victoria. I intended to go down the Fraser by canoe to Quesnelle about 100 miles below this which I should have made in two days…
Mar 10, 2021 | British Columbia History, Highlights, Letters, Marcus Smith, Letters, Railways
Victoria, B.C. 11 May 1874 2.5 pg Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 83 in our auction Saturday...
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Royal Hotel, Hamilton 26 Apr 1874 4-sided Marcus Smith letter home Lot 22 in our auction Saturday...
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Lot 21 in our auction Saturday 6th February 2021 My dear Wife I have received your note of the...
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Sold for $2,640 in our auction of Saturday 30th January 2021Lot 26 Ottawa 17 Jan 1874 content rich...
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Ottawa 7 Jan 1874 4-sided Marcus Smith Letter to wife mentions B.C. Lot 21 in our auction Saturday...
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Soda Creek Fraser River, B.C. 2 Sep 1872 Marcus Smith Letter to wife Lot 96 in our auction of...
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Capetown 18 Oct 1860 Marcus Smith 4-page letter to his Cdn wife Lot 121 in our 2nd February 2019...
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Marcus Smith 20 Sep 1861 3-sided Capetown Letter to his wife Anne, the daughter of a cousin of Sir...
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Marcus Smith 1861 4-sided letter w/ two addenda to his wife (3 pcs) Lot 88 in our Auction 7th July 2018 Sold for $220. #marcussmith #bcsurveyor #canadianrailways #bchistory
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Marcus Smith 20 Feb 1861 4-page letter to his wife from Cape of Good Hope Lot 113 in our 9th June...
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1841/42 Somerset House Capt. Dawson/Marcus Smith Letter (2 copies) Lot 136 in our Auction of 12th...
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