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Postmaster appointments 1800-1816 [textual record]

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1800-1816.

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R3864-0-1-E, Volume number: 1

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Postmaster appointments 1800-1816
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Date(s):

1800-1816.

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

1 v. 43 x 29 cm.

Language of material:

English

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The item consists of compiled appointment letters in a book, journal format. The letters were written by George Heriot when appointing postmasters in British North America. He wrote these letters as deputy postmaster general from 1800 to 1816. The letters were addressed to appointees in Nova Scotia, Lower Canada, Upper Canada, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick. The last appointment in the book was made by his successor, Daniel Sutherland.
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Heriot, George, 1759-1839

Sutherland, Daniel, ca. 1756-1832
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LOWER CANADA:
Berthier, Lewis Aimé, 1800-04-07 (image 4)
Berthier, Louis Olivier, 1803-04-30 (image 47)
L'Assomption, Jacques Lacombe, 1809-09-04 (image 55)
Montreal, Edward Edwards, 1800-04-07 (image 2)
Montreal, James Williams, 1816-10-10 (image 61)
Quebec, Henry Cowan, 1816-04-? (image 59)
Three Rivers, Samuel Sills, 1800-04-07 (image 3)
Three Rivers, Edward Sills, 1800-11-11 (image 28)

District of Gaspé and the Bay of Chaleurs, Henry Johnston, 1802-11-06 (image 44)
District of Chaleurs Bay, Mann, 1804-04-27 (image 50)

Courier Between Québec and Montréal
Louis Antoine Séguin, 1801-03-10 (image 29)
Nicholas Séguin, 1801-03-10 (image 30)
William Phillips, 1801-03-10 (image 31)
NEW BRUNSWICK:
Fredericton, Stephen Jarvis, 1800-04-07 (image 24)
Fredericton, Andrew Phair, 1809-06-24 (image 54)
Magerville, Israel Perley, 1800-04-07 (image 23)
Saint John, William Campbell, 1800-04-07 (image 21)
Saint John, James C.F. Bremner (Assistant), 1815-09-12 (image 58)
Westmoreland, James Watson, 1800-04-07 (image 22)
NOVA SCOTIA:
Annapolis, Charles Bailey, 1800-04-07 (image 7)
Annapolis, Alexander Burket, 1801-07-23 (image 32)
Digby, John Warwick, 1800-04-07 (image 20)
Halifax, Willian Thompson, 1800-04-07 (image 1)
Halifax, John Brittain, 1800-07-07 (image 25)
Horton, Elisha Dewolf, 1800-04-07 (image 6)
Liverpool, Elisha Calkin, 1802-11-06 (image 43)
Windsor, David Rudolph, 1800-04-07 (image 5)
Windsor, William George Sowers, 1803-02-26 (image 46)
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND:
Prince Edward Island, John Ross, 1800-07-23 (image 27)
Prince Edward Island, Benjamin Chapel, 1802-10-14 (image 42)
UPPER CANADA:
Amherstburg, McKay, 1810-07-23 (image 57)
Augusta, Samuel Sherwood, 1801-08-17 (image 37)
Chippawa, James Macklem, 1801-07-23 (image 34)
Cornwall, Walter B. Wilkinson, 1803-08-24 (image 49)
Elizabeth Town, Charles Jones, 1810-07-? (image 56)
Fort Erie, John Sills, 1801-07-23 (image 35)
Fort Erie, Hector Mackay, 1802-04-20 (image 41)
Island of Saint Joseph, John Martin, 1802-03-20 (image 40)
Kingston, John Cumming, 1801-10-22 (image 38)
Kingston, Jermyn Patrick, 1804-06-20 (image 51)
Niagara, Colin McNaab, 1802-11-22 (image 45)
Niagara, Ralph Clench, 1806-04-02 (image 52)
Queenstown, Thomas Dickson, 1801-07-23 (image 33)
Sandwich, William Hand, 1802-03-20 (image 39)
Stormont (county), Miles McDonell, 1803-08-12 (image 48)
York, Donald McLean, 1801-07-23 (image 36)
York, William Allen, 1808-02-10 (image 53)

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1989-565 DAP
1998-00726-X
POE 97-710 (1988-04-01)

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1989-565 DAP
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Credit: Library and Archives Canada
Unpublished manuscript material copyright as per Canadian Copyright Act.

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