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Sea mail contracts: correspondence [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1853-1913.

Reference:

R10901-29-2-E, MG44-C-Post51

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

126062

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General Post Office fonds

Post 51. Overseas: Contracts, Sea

Sea mail contracts: correspondence
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Date(s):

1853-1913.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 microfilm reel.

Language of material:

English

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This sub-series of Post 51 consists of correspondence relating to sea mail contracts, packets or volumes 91-94, 97 and 99, including the early Cunard contracts (typewritten transcripts), 1853, vol. 91; the transfer of contracting responsibilities from the Admiralty to the Post Office (typewritten transcripts), 1860, vol. 92; printed "abstracts" or tabular summaries of British sea mail contract services (including routes, dates, and contract terms) for 1866 and 1907, vols. 93, 97; memorandum on proposed sea mail services via Canada to the Far East (transcription), 1887, vol. 94; and records on a claim for damages against Cunard Lines for failure to call at Queenstown (Cork), Ireland, including tables of sea mail times on the Great Britain runs, 1913, vol. 99. This material is available on microfilm reel A-1361.

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MG44-C-Post51
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