This file contains typed correspondence, primarily between employees of Henry Watts and Company and Leighton & Gilbert Company, as well as with prospective buyers. Letters include information about tracts of land for sale, list of prospective buyers, business plans for the year, and some financial information. Includes a Leighton & Gilbert commission certificate for land purchased by Henry Watts and Company.

This file contains typed and handwritten correspondence, primarily from H.C. Barr to Henry Watts. These letters contain personal news and discuss the weather and crops in Alberta (including the effects of an ongoing drought), excitement about oil discoveries in the area, news of other farms and businesses, and advice about the availability of work and viability of land sales. The file also includes one letter from Leighton and Gilbert Company to Henry Watts requesting the payment of interest from an account.

This file contains a handwritten letter from H.C. Barr to Henry Watts. The letter discusses a miner who wishes to buy land owned by Watt, a new law that levied a tax on undeveloped farmland at 1$/acre, Barr's steps toward collecting unpaid commission from O.N. Gilbert, and information about land managed by the Pittsburgh-Alberta company.

This file contains typed and handwritten correspondence, primarily between Henry Watts and H.C. Barr, an employee of Henry Watts and Company. Correspondence chiefly concerns updates about potential sales, especially a large sale lead by a Mr. Brandt, as well as farm management. Also includes some letters from people interested in purchasing land and a list of potential buyers.

This file contains a memorandum of agreement between Henry Watts and Hugh C. Barr to sell land in Canada and split the profits, and typed and handwritten correspondence between Henry Leighton and Henry Watts & Company, with general information about purchasing land in Canada and information about trips to Alberta.

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 correspondence with B.E. Andress, a newly hired agent of sale.

This file contains typed and handwritten correspondence between Henry Watts and Company and Leighton & Gilbert, describing the value of farm land in Alberta and one particular farm that includes a coal mine.

This file contains typed correspondence, primarily between employees of Henry Watts and Company and Leighton & Gilbert Company, as well as with prospective buyers and a potential salesman. Includes a letter from Henry Leighton describing changes to colonization regulations that restrict sale of land in Alberta to those who will live on and work the land, rather than to speculators.

This file contains typed copies of letters and a telegram from Henry Watts and Company. One of the letters discusses Henry Watts and Company filing for incoporation.

This fonds consists of professional correspondence and some business documents related to Henry Watts & Co, a company that sold land in Alberta to interested people in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. The correspondence includes both external correspondence with clients and internal communication, between employees of Henry Watts & Co as well as employees of Leighton and Gilbert (agents of the Canadian Pacific Irrigation Colonization Company), to whom they were contracted. The internal correspondence includes lists of potential buyers, discussions of plans to recruit more buyers, organizational details for excursions to Alberta to show buyers available land, sales updates, accounting information, changes in legislation that affect the sale of land, and letters documenting hiring. The external correspondence mostly consists of letters from customers seeking information about purchasing land in Canada (especially Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba) or who were interested in visiting available land for sale, with responses containing information about available land, upcoming excursions and about farming in Alberta at this time, including recommendations of profitable crops and farming methods.

The fonds is described at the file level, and is not divided into series. Files are arranged in chronological order. The fonds consists of handwritten and typed letters, typed copies of letters, and telegrams. It also includes some legal and financial documents.