Category: Railway

Royal Hotel, Hamilton 26 Apr 1874 4-sided Marcus Smith letter home Lot 22 in our auction Saturday...

Ottawa 20 Jan 1874 4-pg Marcus Smith letter to his wife about Fire etc

Lot 21 in our auction Saturday 6th February 2021 My dear Wife I have received your note of the...

Ottawa 17 Jan 1874 4-page Marcus Smith letter to his wife, Sandford Fleming offices burnt down

Sold for $2,640 in our auction of Saturday 30th January 2021Lot 26 Ottawa 17 Jan 1874 content rich...

Ottawa 7 Jan 1874 4-sided Marcus Smith Letter to wife mentions B.C.

Ottawa 7 Jan 1874 4-sided Marcus Smith Letter to wife mentions B.C. Lot 21 in our auction Saturday...

Victoria, B.C. 11 Sep 1873 Marcus Smith 4-sides Letter to his wife

Victoria, B.C. 11 Sep 1873 Marcus Smith 4-sides Letter to his wife Lot 84 in our auction Saturday...

Victoria, B.C. 25 July 1873 Marcus Smith 3.5pg letter to his wife

Realized $698 in our auction Saturday 29th August 2020Lot 80, Victoria, B.C. 25 July 1873 Marcus...

Victoria, B.C. 26 Jn 1873 Marcus Smith letter to his wife mentions ‘Howe Sound’

Victoria, B.C. 26 Jn 1873 Marcus Smith letter to his wife mentions ‘Howe Sound’ Lot 80...

Intercolonial Railway Ottawa 4 June 1873 Marcus Smith 1-page letter

Lot 30 in our auction Saturday 15th August 2020 Intercolonial Railway Ottawa 4 June 1873 Marcus...

Canadian Pacific Railway Ottawa 3 Jan 1873 Marcus Smith Letter to wife

Lot 23 in our auction Saturday 8th August 2020Canadian Pacific Railway Ottawa 3 Jn 1873 Marcus...

Canadian Pacific Railway 5 May 1873 6 sides Marcus Smith Letter

Canadian Pacific Railway 5 May 1873 6 sides Marcus Smith Letter Lot 26 in our auction Saturday...

Victoria, B.C. 26 March 1873 Marcus Smith 4 sides letter to his wife

Victoria, B.C. 26 March 1873 Marcus Smith 4 sides letter to his wife Lot 77 in our auction...

Victoria, B.C. 11 March 1873 Marcus Smith 4 sides letter to his wife

Victoria, B.C. 11 March 1873 Marcus Smith 4 sides letter to his wifeLot 94 in our auction Saturday...

Victoria, V.I. 27 Feb 1873 4-sides Marcus Smith letter to his wife

Victoria, V.I. 27 Feb 1873 4-sides Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 90 in our auction Saturday...

Victoria, B.C. 10 Feb 1873 3 sides Marcus Smith letter to his wife

Victoria, B.C. 10 Feb 1873 3 sides Marcus Smith letter to his wife Lot 87 in our auction Saturday...

Victoria, B.C. 26 Dec 1872 4-page Marcus Smith Letter to his wife

Railway pioneer Marcus Smith writes to his wife from Victoria B.C. “As the newspapers are so careful in chronicaling my movements I need say no more than that I have been working my way lately down the east side of Vancouver island from Seymour narrows to Esquimalt some 160 miles”