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Rare Books and Special Collections Leighton & Gilbert File
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1913

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.

1914

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.

1915

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.

August 1911

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.

December 1911

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.

December 1912

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.

July 1911

This file contains typed and handwritten correspondence between Henry Leighton and Henry Watts about agency contracts and plans for soliciting buyers.

June 1912

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.

March 1912

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.

May 1912

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.

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