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Quebec 6th June 1838
Rob Rankin Esqre
Dear Sir
I wrote you a few hasty lines on the
30th Ulto since when I have
a letter from [Mr W] Ritchie
which signifies his intention
to delay finally fixing his determination
in regard to the Business
Arrangements until he visits New
Brunswick which he says
he means to do early in August,
so therefore I hope when
he meets you, he may decide
otherwise than he has signified
to me He still reiterates
his dissatisfaction and
disappointment _
I am greatly rejoiced at the fav[ou]rable pr[o]spects
you have in your Concern,
and I trust you will realize your
expectations _ I must say
we do not look so well as in
former years, and though
we shall make something I can
see we shall not realize
what we ought, with the
Capital we now have_
But the time is coming when I
think we shall get right
and as we are now convinced
of an error we committed
in advancing too liberally, we
hope to profit by the lesson
of experience we have had
We have too much money in
Red pine & advanced to there
who only hold that article_
However it is at a low
valuation say about 7 [..]
[foot]_ therefore we cannot fail
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to profit by it _ tho in
the meantime too much money is locked
up_ We go on to realize
all we can and shall advance
little or nothing this year,
but continue to remit &
reduce our liability all
we can_ To save drawing on
Glasgow I shall probably
value on you for a little by & bye
through the British [N.H.]
Bank and the transfer can
be made on account of whomsoever
you please at a
future time _ but I think
we shall not want much
money, indeed except in
White pine I see no good
investment at present:__
I hope W Rankins portmanteau
may have been found but
the substance of the
arrangement no doubt has
been communicated to
Chaleur Bay: __
I fear now I cannot go to New Brunswick
unless indeed I go that
way when I leave this Country.
It will not do for [Mr]
Ritchie & I both to be absent at
the same time, and besides
my Friends in Glasgow
expect that I visit the
Saguenay a River which
you know empties into this
opposite Green Island about
120 Miles below this , which
I promised to do, when I left
Glasgow in August, but I
fear [Mr] Ritchies absence
will prevent me:_ It was
expected by my Uncle
that I would be in Glasgow
by September, but I
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I told Mess. Pollok I would
not likely leave this before
the time I usually have
done these years past_ say end
of November unless I saw
every thing very satisfactorily
and clearly arranged_ I
consider myself therefore
at liberty to leave at any
time that may be most
Convenient, and I understand
that you will arrange
to go sometime I suppose
in October or the most favourable
time when a comfortable
passage may be expected for
your Family_ As your Business
is now so well adjusted
and regulated, it cannot
matter a great deal when you
go, but assuredly you should
not be too late, and I
presume you would rather go direct from
your port than from anywhere else_
[It] might be advantageous
to us all and to the Concerns, if you
Could pay us a visit, but
this as you may think most
comfortable to yourself_
I feel fully persuaded that all
our Concerns can be well
managed, and indeed perhaps better
than ever they have been
, provided always that each one
will do his duty and act
in unison with each other
My Uncle was in London on 1st May to give evidence
before the House Lords on
the Edinburgh RailWay Bill.-
I shall request [Mr]
Ritchie to write you, stating when he means
to visit your quarter
I am Dear Sir
Yours truly & always
Allan Gilmour
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Robert Rankin Esqre
Saint John
New Brunswick
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