Letters

Oct 25, 202113 min read

Letters from the End of Track

Five envelopes mailed in 1885 by a CPR camp cook working near present-day Revelstoke have sold at auction for nearly $7,000.

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Jun 25, 20184 min read

Letter from Kaslo, 1901: The dear old Queen’s death

Below I’ve transcribed a six-page letter in my collection mailed by a woman visiting Kaslo with her mother shortly after the death of...

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Mar 9, 20188 min read

Now let me scold you a little: the Westfall letters

Recently I posted the transcript of a letter from a little girl in Rossland in 1898 writing to her father to tell him what she received...

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Mar 1, 20182 min read

A child’s Christmas in Rossland, 1898

Three lots sold on eBay today featuring letterheads, letters, and envelopes from the Old Gold Quartz and Placer Mining Co. and Standard...

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Feb 4, 20186 min read

Letters from the Salmo River, 1893

In 1893, a prospector named Baxter wrote two letters to the Northwest Mining Review of Spokane from the Salmo River (then called the...

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Jan 26, 20186 min read

Antlered monarchs and flim-flam artists: letters from Nelson, 1905-06

Last year I bought three letters on eBay mailed in 1905-06 by Alexander Howard McIntyre from Nelson to his family in Middleville, Lanark...

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