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MS-0504
RITHET FAMILY. Victoria.
Originals, 1860-1944, 58.5 cm; microfilm (neg.), 1868-1915,
35 mm [A00995(2)]
Correspondence and letterbooks of R.P. Rithet, Elizabeth
(Munro) Rithet (wife of R.P.R.), 
John
Rithet, W.J. Munro,
1868-1915; miscellaneous notebooks and papers of various
members of the Rithet family; ledgers and cash books of
Welch, Rithet and Co., 1863-1879 with sundry time sheets,
1944; indentures, 1860-1897; sealing captain's assignments
with R.P. Rithet and Co. concerning indebtedness and bill
of sale of various schooners. Photographs transferred to
Visual Records. Maps transferred to the map collection.
Finding aid: file list.
Presented at various dates by members of the Rithet family.
Subject Headings
Beckley Farm (Victoria, B.C.)
British Pacific Railway
Business records - British Columbia - Victoria
Poetry
Port Simpson (B.C.)
Railroads - British Columbia
Real estate business
Shipping - British Columbia - Victoria
Shoal Point (Victoria, B.C.)
Sproat and Company
Victoria (B.C.) - Commerce
Victoria Sealing Company
Welch, Rithet and Company
Secondary Entries
Backus, Phillip Mayer, d. 1881
Bissett, James
Genge, Gertrude Alice (Rithet), 1876-1945
Hamley, Wymond Thomas Ogilvy, 1818-1907
Harris, Dennis Reginald, 1851-1932
Helmcken, John Sebastian, 1824-1920
Irving, Edward Bond
Irving, John, 1854-1936
Johnston, Matthew Trotter
Lawson, James Hill, d. 1915
Laidlaw, James Anderson, d. 1893
Levy, Benjamin Samuel
Munro, William John, 1865-1936
Munro, Alexander, 1824-1911
R.P. Rithet and Company
Ralph, William, 1830-1905
Reinhart, Simon
Rithet, Robert Paterson, 1844-1919
Rithet, Elizabeth Jane Hannah (Munro), 1853-1952
Rithet, John Alexander, 1878-1942
Rithet, Edward Paterson
Stevens, Charles
Strouss, Charles
Turner, John Herbert, 1833-1923
Tuzo, Henry Atkinson, 1832-1890
Ward, Samuel
Welch, Andrew
Detailed Finding Aid
MS-0504
Rithet family
Originals 1860-1944 58.5 cm
Microfilm (neg.) 1868-1915 35mm [A00995(2)]
Robert Paterson Rithet was born in Applegarth, Scotland on 22
April 1844. After training in a merchant's office in Liverpool
he emigrated and arrived in Victoria in 1862, where he
established a wholesale grocery business. R.P. Rithet and
Company, importers and commission merchants, was founded in
September 1871. Rithet's shipping and commercial interests
resulted in the formation of the Victoria Wharf and Warehouse
Company for the purpose of constructing the Outer Docks. Rithet
and Company had extensive insurance and business connections,
including Welch and Company of San Francisco, and California and
Hawaii Sugar Refining Company. Rithet himself was a principal
promoter of the British Pacific Railway Company, a shareholder in
Canadian Pacific Navigation Company, and maintained large farms
in Victoria and Delta. He was also an active president of the
Victoria Board of Trade, Mayor of Victoria (1885-1886), and
member of the legislative assembly representing Victoria (1894-
1898). In 1875 Rithet married Elizabeth Jane Hannah Munro,
daughter of Alexander Munro, an accountant and employee of the
Puget Sound Agricultural Company, and later manager of the
Hudson's Bay Company in British Columbia. His son, William John
Munro, was a teamster. R.P. Rithet died in 1919. His wife,
Elizabeth Rithet, died in 1952.
The records consist of correspondence and letterbooks of R.P.
Rithet, Elizabeth (Munro) Rithet, John Rithet, W.J. Munro, 1868-
1915; notebooks and papers of various members of the Rithet
family; ledgers and cashbooks of Welch, Rithet and Company, 1863-
1879 with sundry time sheets, 1944; indentures, 1860-1897;
sealing captains' assignments with R.P. Rithet and Company
concerning indebtedness and bills of sale of various schooners.
Photographs transferred to Visual Records accessions: 197912-54,
198009-12, 198207-1 and 164. Paintings and prints donated by
Mrs. R.P. Rithet and Mrs. L.A. Genge transferred to Visual
Records. Maps of townsite at Port Simpson, July 1891 and April
1883, transferred to Maps Division, catalogue numbers CM/B/139
and CM/B/16182.
Access: conservation restriction, use microfilm for volumes 2 and
3.
Related records in MS-2701 R.P. Rithet Company.
Various parts of the Rithet collection, including the photographs
and water colour sketches, have been received over a number of
years from different members of the family.
Box/ Folde Contents Date
Volume r
1 1 R.P. Rithet, correspondence inward 1896, 1900
1 2 R.P. Rithet, correspondence 1900
outward
1 3 R.P. Rithet, correspondence and 1896
memo re British Pacific Railway
1 4 R.P. Rithet, vaccination 1892
certificate
1 5 R.P. Rithet, private real estate 1883-1893
sales book
1 6 R.P. Rithet, receipts 1889-1890
1 7 a Rithet family, bank book, Dobbs 1898
Ferry, New York
1 7 b Rithet family, library dues book 1897
1 7 c Rithet family, private notebook 1897
1 7 d Rithet family, English notebook 1897
1 7 e Rithet family, German vocabulary
notebook, Berlitz School
1 7 f Rithet family, miscellaneous
invitation cards, name cards and
post cards
1 7 g Rithet family, civil service of
Canada exam papers
1 7 h Rithet family, poetry
1 7 i Rithet family, marriage
certificate
1 8 Elizabeth Rithet, correspondence 1898-1919
inward
1 9 Elizabeth Rithet, correspondence 1916
outward
1 10 Elizabeth Rithet, miscellaneous
papers
1 11 John Rithet, correspondence inward 1899-1900
from Edward Rithet
1 12 John Rithet, correspondence 1876
outward
1 13 Edward Rithet, medical 1900
prescription and diagnostic notes
1 14 R.P. Rithet, map showing lots 12 Apr 1883
around Port Simpson harbour, drawn
by William Ralph, C.E., with
accompanying letter
1 15 Memo on proposed railway from 1897
Coast to Kootenay
1 16 R.P. Rithet and Company 1919
correspondence re expressions of
sympathy upon the death of R.P.
Rithet
2 1 R.P. Rithet, letterbook 15 Oct 1868
A00995(2 correspondence, original and two - 9 Sep
) typescript copies 1871
3 1 R.P. Rithet & Co., letterbook 16 Jun
A00995(2 correspondence 1886, 25
) Apr 1906,
20 May 1908
- 31 Mar
1915
4 1 W.J. Munro, correspondence inward 1887-1890
4 2 W.J. Munro, diary 1887-1888
4 3 W.J. Munro, receipts, and account 1882-1897
book
4 4 W.J. Munro, poems
4 5-1 Indenture Samuel Ward to James 16 Feb 1860
Douglas and John Work; Adolph Van
Lokeren to Samuel Ward
4 5-2 Indenture Benjamin Samuel Levy to Nov 1861
Robert Burnaby
4 5-3 Indenture Simon Reinhart to the 2 Apr 1863
Hudson's Bay Company
4 5-4 Indenture Phillip Mayer Backus to 13 Nov 1863
the Hudson's Bay Company
4 5-5 Indenture Phillip Mayer Backus to 27 Nov 1863
Benjamin Samuel Levy
4 5-6 Indenture Hudson's Bay Company to 20 Oct 1863
James Bisset
4 5-7 Indenture Simon Reinhart to J.D. 3 May 1866
Pemberton
4 5-8 Indenture J.D. Pemberton to 17 Jan 1871
Charles Strouss
4 5-9 Indenture Charles Strouss to J.D. 17 Jan 1871
Pemberton
4 5-10 Indenture C. Strouss and J.D. 29 Jan 1872
Pemberton
4 5-11 Indenture Andrew Welch and R.P. 8 Feb 1872
Rithet to Peter O'Reilly
4 5-12 Indenture Benjamin S. Levy to 8 Feb 1872
Andrew Welch and R.P. Rithet
4 5-13 Articles of co-partnership Andrew 1 Sep 1874
Welch and R.P. Rithet
4 5-14 Marriage settlement indenture 27 Oct 1875
Alexander Munro and R.P. Rithet to
J.H. Lawson and J. Burns
4 5-15 Indenture C. Strouss to W.T.O. 28 May 1879
Hamley
4 5-16 Agreement H.A. Tuzo and R.P. 29 Aug 1882
Rithet
4 5-17 Release Elizabeth J. Irving to 15 Sep 1883
John Irving
4 5-18 Agreement re sale of Lot No. 6, 15 Apr 1884
Beckley farm James Bissett and
James A. Laidlaw
4 5-19 Mortgage J. Irving to Elizabeth 17 Jun 1884
Irving
4 5-20 Indenture W.T.O. Harvey to J.S. 26 Jul 1885
Helmcken and D.R. Harris
4 5-21 Indenture Edward Bond Irving to 15 May 1886
M.W. Tyrwhitt Drake
4 5-22 Power of attorney Elizabeth Irving 30 Jun 1888
to Drake and Jackson
4 5-23 Deed of conveyance Wadham N. 1 Nov 1888
Diggle and W.A. Aitchison to
Andrew Welch and R.P. Rithet
4 5-24 Indenture [mortgage] John Irving 10 Nov 1890
to R.P. Rithet
4 5-25 Conveyance R.P. Rithet and Berthe 29 Dec 1897
Louise Welch
4 6 Andrew Welch, death certificate, 1889
removal permit
4 7 H.A. Tuzo, memo re Shoal Point 1878
land
4 8 Andrew Welch to Rithet and 1885
Laidlaw, notes and memo re
payments on Lots 8 and 10, Beckley
farm
4 9 Harvey C. Hill, correspondence 1915
outward
4 10 Victoria Sealing Company, 1915
debenture fund receipts
4 11 "Agnes McDonald", declaration of
ownership by individual
4 12 "Carrie C.W.", mortgage 1899
4 13 "Dolphin", power of attorney to
R.P. Rithet by Charles Franklin
Dillon
4 14 "Saucy Lass", indenture
4 15 "Favorite", bill of sale 1875, 1884,
1885
4 15 "Favorite", indenture 1899
4 15 "Favorite", mortgage 1892
4 15 "Favorite", agreement 1892
4 15 "Favorite", assignment 1892
5 Welch, Rithet and Company, cash Jan 1871 -
book Apr 1872
6 Welch, Rithet and Company, cash Sep 1871 -
book Aug 1874
7 Welch, Rithet and Company, cash Jan 1878 -
book Dec 1879,
1944
8 R.P. Rithet, ledger Oct 1863 -
Sep 1865,
Jan 1871-
Dec 1874
9 R.P. Rithet, ledger 1870-1874
10 Ledger and employee time book 1871, 1942-
1943
Donor Date of Description and Item/Accession Number
donation of Visual Records
Rithet, Mrs. 20 Oct Photograph Robert Paterson Rithet
R.P. 1925 (164)
Rithet, Mrs. 20 Oct Photograph album, San Francisco
R.P. 1925 earthquake, 1906 (197912-54)
Rithet, Mrs. 20 Oct Photograph albums, ca. 1890-1899
R.P. 1925 (198009-12)
Rithet, Mrs. 20 Oct 2 Photograph albums and ca. 200
R.P. 1925 photographs (198207-1)
Rithet, Mrs. 5 Aug 1946 Paintings by D. Howard Hitchcock
R.P. (PDP02230), G.T. Brown (PDP02153),
Mme. G.M. de L'Aubiniere (PDP02148)
and an unknown artist (PDP01236)
Rithet, Mrs. 18 Dec 3 paintings by D. Mower Martin, of the
R.P. 1947 Canadian Rockies (PDP00190, PDP00192,
PDP00193)
Rithet, Mrs. 1948 [Mount Baker], Edward Scrope Shrapnel,
R.P 1896 (PDP03638)
Genge, L.A. 8 Aug 1946 3 early British Columbia paintings by
and 1948 artist J.C. White of: New Westminster
(PDP01642), New Westminster Government
House (PDP01644), and Hope (PDP01643)
Rithet, Mrs. 1952 Paintings by Fredrick Verner
R.P (PDP00133, PDP00134), Mme G.M. de
L'Aubiniere (PDP00173, PDP02147,
PDP02149), Martin Thomas Mower
(PDP00191), and Elizabeth Rithet
(PDP02151)
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