Envelope containing photographic copies of death certificates
Photographic negative copies of the death certificates of W. H. Kippen, W. Fitch, Alex Watson, and Louis Riel, contained in an envelope. The men died in May 1885 of wounds sustained during the Battle of Batoche or, in Riel's case, by hanging on 16 November 1885. The envelope was mailed from Taylors Limited, a photographic supply company at 260 Edmonton Street in Winnipeg, to a Mr. Howard, residing at 870 Palmerston Street, also in Winnipeg. The envelope appears to be postmarked 15 April 1936; the reprints of Riel's death certificate are also stamped with this date.
Letter from CPR to T. E. Howard
A letter sent from the Canadian Pacific Railway Company to T. E. Howard of Winnipeg, dated 25 June 1935. The letter discusses the telegram found at http://syn.lib.umanitoba.ca/fedora/repository/uofm%3A9261. An envelope that contained the letter is also included.
Letter from Louis Riel to Judge Hugh Richardson
A photographic copy of a letter, written by Louis Riel to Judge Hugh Richardson, thanking him for granting him a twenty-nine-day stay of execution, pending an appeal. The letter is dated 17 September 1885, and is signed "Louis 'David' Riel". The writing on the back of the photograph reads "Letter from Riel when the judge postponed his execution for 29 days pending appeal".
Telegraph re: oat sacks
A telegram, sent from Bower, Blackburn, Mundle, and Porter of Brandon to Thibadeau Brothers and co. of Winnipeg. The telegram requests that 1000 oat sacks be shipped. The back of the telegram appears to have a list of prices for goods written on it in pencil. According to the related letter (http://syn.lib.umanitoba.ca/fedora/repository/uofm:9262), the telegram was found in a building that had been recently demolished on Bannatyne Avenue.