New Westminster, B.C. 28 Aug 1881 3pg Marcus Smith letter to wife
New Westminster, B.C. 28 Aug 1881 3pg Marcus Smith letter to wife
New Westminster, B.C. 28 Aug 1881 3pg Marcus Smith letter to wife

New Westminster, B.C. 28 Aug 1881 3pg Marcus Smith letter to wife
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                         New Westminster BC

                                  Aug. 28th 1881

My dear Nannie,

                            I received your letter of the  31st July – with postscript Aug. 2nd just after I had posted my last letter and was on the point of starting up the country – I am glad you have been enjoying yourself and are all well. You gave me the cheque for $100 before I started – or I must have received it in Toronto – anyway it is all right – Sir Chas, Lady Tupper, Schreiber, & others are here and I am going over the line with them tomorrow – we go on board the steamer tonight it is specially chartered for the trip. we shall be away a week or ten days – weather has been very changeable still I hope to get through the fieldwork by the end of next month – long enough to be out as the rainy season begins in October I have no had hardships this year not even mosquitoes – only had my mosquito crib up one night – next night and now it is quite cold at nights – but people here predict a fine Autumn.

          None of you mention Clarisse she must write to Papa herself, but I suppose Tom and Arthur quite spoiled her. Love & Kisses for all –

                        Yours ever

                               M Smith