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Rare Books and Special Collections Leighton & Gilbert File
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July 1911

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

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.

September 1911

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 1911

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 1911

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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