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Correspondence from D. A. Smith, Hudson's Bay House, Montreal.
Part of Colin Rankin fonds.
Typescript letter from David A. Smith to Colin Rankin regarding dispatches from Moose Factory and the statement a private cash account. Smith shares that he and his colleagues at the Hudson's Bay Company were sorry to hear of Rankin's illness and expresses satisfaction in learning of his improved health.
Rankin, Colin
Correspondence from D. Smith, Hudson's Bay Co., Montreal.
Part of Colin Rankin fonds.
Letter from [David] Smith to Colin Rankin regarding Rankin's appointment as Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company. The letter makes reference to Rankin receiving a commission and Copy of Deed Poll and Indenture. File includes the commission in the form of a certificate with seal dated April 9, 1872.
Rankin, Colin
Correspondence from Gordon R. Brady, North Bay, Ont.
Part of Colin Rankin fonds.
Typescript letter from Gordon R. Brady to J.J. Rankin about land purchased by Aime Jodouin for which title has not yet been received. The letter makes reference to a sketch, included in file, outlining land sold by Rankin to Deacon, [McGood?], [Longhorn?] and Jodouin by Rankin within Lot 15 of [Concession] XIV. The sketch includes a C.P. [Canadian Pacific] Railway, a 300 m creek and a forced road.
Rankin, Colin
Correspondence from J.A. Grahame, Hudson's Bay Co., Fort Garry.
Part of Colin Rankin fonds.
Mimeograph letter from J.A. Grahame to Colin Rankin regarding Rankin's promotion to Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company effective June 1, 1879. File includes the commission in the form of a certificate with seal dated June 1, 1879.
Rankin, Colin
Correspondence from John G. Smith, Hudson's Bay House, London, England.
Part of Colin Rankin fonds.
Letter from John G. Smith to Colin Rankin regarding Rankin's promotion to Chief Trader of the Hudson's Bay Company. File includes Rankin's commission in the form of a certificate with seal dated June 30, 1868 that was to be issued to Rankin after his singing of a Deed of Covenant accepting the position.
Rankin, Colin
Correspondence from Lord Grey, Ottawa.
Part of Colin Rankin fonds.
Two letters from Lord Grey to Colin Rankin both dated November 1, 1905. The first letter lets Rankin know that Grey and Major Holford returned from safely from a trip and thanks Rankin "for all the trouble you took to provide our comfort, amusement and instruction." A postscript note mentions the inclusion of a photograph as a moment that is not included in the file. The second letter, marked 'Private & Confidential', asks Rankin to let Grey know as soon as possible about the price a Mr. Brown is asking for 400 acres worth of land and whether Rankin can secure it and everything on the land, including furniture of the house and a yacht, for $6,000 until the end of November.
Rankin, Colin
Correspondence from Lord Minto, Viceregal Lodge, Simla [India].
Part of Colin Rankin fonds.
One letter from Lord Minto to Colin Rankin making a past tense reference to a photo of a tiger (not in file) and a desire for Rankin to find him another moose. The letter concludes with Minto conveying best wishes to Rankin.
Rankin, Colin
Correspondence from Thomas H. Johnson, Dept. of Crown lands, Toronto, Ont., May 3, 1881.
Part of Colin Rankin fonds.
Letter from Thomas H. Johnson to Colin Rankin's purchase of the "east half of lot 15 in the 14th [concession] of Papineau, containing 30 1/2 acres" at a rate of 50 cents per acre; a land grant certificate with seal dated June 14, 1881; a typescript reproduction of the text on the certificate; and a typescript description of the land accompanied by a hand drawn sketch.
Rankin, Colin
Correspondence from William Thornton Urquhart, Fort Garry.
Part of Colin Rankin fonds.
Letter from William Thornton Urquhart to Colin Rankin regarding Rankin's appointment as Justice of the Peace for the North West Territories.
Rankin, Colin
Correspondence relating to the collection.
Part of Colin Rankin fonds.
Correspondence regarding the location and donation of records to the University of Waterloo that would later become the contents of the Colin Rankin fonds. Communication is predominantly between P. G. Cornell and Kenneth A. MacKirdy, members of Waterloo's Department of History, and the descendants of Colin Rankin; grandson's John L. Rankin, Erroll K. McDougall, and John E. R. McDougall, and Rankin's daughter, Lilly Walters. Also in the file is an exchange between Bruce Peel, University Librarian at the University of Alberta, and Doris Lewis, University Librarian at Waterloo, about the acquisition of the papers of Elizabeth Smith Shortt and the possible connection between Donald McKay and a Nan McKay who worked at the University of Saskatchewan between 1913 and 1955.
Rankin, Colin