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September 1912
CA RBD MSG 1295-015 · File · 2 September 1912 - 30 September 1912
Part of Henry Watts & Co fonds

This file contains typed and handwritten correspondence, primarily between employees of Henry Watts and Company and prospective buyers. The letters contain general information about the value of land in Alberta and the possibility of visiting lands available for sale. Also includes lists of potential buyers and a letter of reference for Dr. B.E. Gamble.

September 1911
CA RBD MSG 1295-003 · File · 7 September 1911-11 September 1911
Part of Henry Watts & Co fonds

This file contains typed correspondence and telegrams, mostly between Henry Watts & Company and Henry Leighton of the Canadian Pacific Irrigation Colonization Company, as well as some messages to and from people buying land.

October 1912
CA RBD MSG 1295-016 · File · 1 October 1912 - 30 October 1912
Part of Henry Watts & Co fonds

This file contains typed and handwritten correspondence, primarily between employees of Henry Watts and Company and prospective buyers. The letters contain general information about the value of land in Alberta and the possibility of visiting lands available for sale, as lists of buyers and completed forms entitled "Report to General Agent of information received about a probably puchaser of Canadian Racific Railway land."

October 1911
CA RBD MSG 1295-004 · File · 5 October 1911-30 October 1911
Part of Henry Watts & Co fonds

This file contains typed and handwritten correspondence and telegrams, mostly between Henry Watts & Company, Hugh C. Barr, and Henry Leighton of the Canadian Pacific Irrigation Colonization Company, as well as some messages to and from people buying land.

November 1912
CA RBD MSG 1295-017 · File · 1 November 1912 - 22 November 1912
Part of Henry Watts & Co fonds

This file contains typed correspondence from F.H. Stockton (Assistant to Henry Leighton) to Henry Watts & Co. with contact information for potential buyers.

November 1911
CA RBD MSG 1295-005 · File · 24 November 1911-27 November 1911
Part of Henry Watts & Co fonds

This file contains an agreement between Henry Watts and Company and Henry Leighton and Orville N. Gilbert of Canadian Pacific Irrigation Colonization Company, regarding their arrangement for the former to sell land owned by the latter. Also contains a handwritten letter from J.H. Bell and L.M.S. Bell to H.C. Barr.

May 1912
CA RBD MSG 1295-011 · File · 19 January 1912 - 14 August 1912
Part of Henry Watts & Co fonds

This file contains typed and handwritten correspondence, primarily between employees of Henry Watts and Company and people interested in purchasing land in Alberta, as well as Henry Leighton, their partner at Canadian Pacific Irrigation and Colonization. Correspondence chiefly concerns information about land and ready made farms in Alberta, as well as the organization of excursions to visit Alberta. Also includes some lists of potential buyers.

March 1912
CA RBD MSG 1295-009 · File · 1 March 1912-29 March 1912
Part of Henry Watts & Co fonds

This file contains typed and handwritten correspondence between partners of the Henry Watts and Company and Leighton & Gilbert. Letters dicuss potential sales, farm management, and other business concerns.

June 1912
CA RBD MSG 1295-012 · File · 3 June 1912 - 29 June 1912
Part of Henry Watts & Co fonds

This file contains typed and handwritten correspondence, primarily between employees of Henry Watts and Company and prospective buyers. The letters contain general information about the value of land in Alberta and the possibility of visiting lands available for sale. Also includes some correspondence between Henry Watts and Company employees and Leighton & Gilbert employees about problematic people who had arrived in Alberta to buy land.

July 1912
CA RBD MSG 1295-013 · File · 5 July 1912 - 31 July 1912
Part of Henry Watts & Co fonds

This file contains typed and handwritten correspondence, primarily between employees of Henry Watts and Company and prospective buyers. The letters discuss potential buyers and arraging their visits to Alberta. Also includes letters between the company and potential salespeople, neotiating commissions and the terms of their contracts.