Record. financial
Strait Area Museum
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| Nom de l'objet : | Record. financial |
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| Titre : | Bourinot Collection |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Other Documents |
| Matériaux : | paper |
| Numéro d'accession : | p2024.67 |
| Date de début de production : | 1917-01-01 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1917-12-31 |
| Description : | In this letter a McDougall & Cowans representative acknowledges receiving J.C. Bourinot's $300 cheque, provide an update on the Montreal stock market's minimum prices, and note increased buying activity and a dividend increase for Dominion Iron and Steel. Transcription: PURVIS MCDOUGALL - MEMBER MONTREAL STOCK EXCHANGE CABLES "DOUGCOW" OFFICES: PERCY P. COWANS - MEMBER MONTREAL STOCK EXCHANGE MONTREAL A.E. CHRISTMAS HALIFAX, ST. JOHN RUSSEL COWANS - MEMBER MONTREAL STOCK EXCHANGE QUEBEC, OTTAWA WINNIPEG, VANCOUVER McDOUGALL & COWANS STOCK BROKERS S. A. HEWARD - MANAGER MEMBERS MONTREAL STOCK EXCHANGE 185 HOLLIS STREET HALIFAX BRANCH Nov. 2, 1917. J.C. Bourinot, Esq., Port Hawkesbury, N.S. Dear Sir:- We awknowledge receipt of your letter of Nov. 1st., enclosing cheque for Three Hundred Dollars ($300), additional margin on your account. Please accept our thanks for same. As you have nodoubt seen by the newspapers by this time, the Montreal market has minimum prices on all securities governed by the closing prices on Monday last. While we do not look for any advance from these levels until the Dominion Loan is out of the way, there seems to be very good buying of Dominion Iron and Steel today. It advanced to 53 3/4, but reacted towards the close to 52 1/2. The dividend meeting was held tday, and the dividend has been increased to five percent. Yours very truly, McDougall & Cowans. Per *signed* Illegible |
| Longueur : | 28cm |
| Largeur : | 21cm |
| Établissement : |
Strait Area Museum
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Port Hastings |
| Province de l'établissement : | Nova Scotia |