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Office records [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1831-1881, 1930

Reference:

R169-49-1-E, RG3-B-1

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

133440

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Post Office Department fonds

Deputy Postmaster General

Office records
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Date(s):

1831-1881, 1930

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

3.2 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Sub-series consists of office records created and/or maintained by the Deputy Postmaster General between 1831 and 1881. The sub-series consists of letterbooks containing copies of outgoing correspondence from Deputy Postmasters General Thomas Stayner, 1841-1851 (Vols. 907-919, 1125) and William Henry Griffin, 1844-1846 (Vol. 920). The Stayner correspondence comprises letters to the General Post Office, London, England and to various Post Office Surveyors or Inspectors as they became known; frequently, the letters are acknowledgements of correspondence received or directions to carry out instructions and regulations. Such correspondence provides useful information on the early development of the Post Office in the Province of Canada. Also included is a small collection of correspondence and reports for the years 1844-1846 created by William Henry Griffin, which covers postal matters such as fines for negligent postmasters and improvements in the letter carrying system (Vol. 920). Volume 1007 consists of correspondence for the years 1831-1881 on various postal matters. Most of the correspondence is addressed to the Deputy Postmaster General (Stayner or Griffin).

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a file list for volumes 907-920, 1007, 1509. Finding aid 3-2 is an unverified file list. The finding aid is available as a PDF attached to this record. 3-2 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/3-2_133440_vols_907-920_1007_1509.pdf

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Accruals:

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Source:

Government

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RG3-B-1
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[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG3]

[Consultation 90 Open]

907--920;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1007;

[Consultation 90 Open]

1509;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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