Railway pass for Roger Pocock with the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Pass is for travel from Quebec to Vancouver and is valid until 30 September 1913.
Railway pass for Randle Cecil with the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Pass is for travel from Quebec to Vancouver and is valid until 30 September 1913.
Letter from Pocock to his mother dated 6 August 1886. Pocock writes of his anticipated sick leave. He will receive treatment in Regina, but does not want to stay there for the recovery; he will put in a request to have his sick leave in either Toronto or Banff. He then anticipates being discharged and having to find a place to settle that has mild winter temperatures because of his frostbitten foot. He writes about setting up a cigar shop in Vancouver and selling the land once real estate prices go up.
He mentions an incident involving his friend Monty over a revolver; he then describes the revolver in detail supplied with a sketch of it. Pocock writes about his new found confidence and his preferences in fashion and personal grooming.
He mentions that there was a hailstorm the previous night from which there was "immense damage"; he sketched the size of the hail stones. Pocock purchased four [paintings?] of Lake Superior by Fred Bingham. He is writing essays on religious topics and is not ready to submit them.
Lithograph showing the base of a giant tree with two men standing by it. Printed writing on front reads "A Giant of Vancouver" and handwritten notes read "Material for a dugout canoe" and "3 inches wide" [for reprinting purposees?].