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British North America postal and packet services [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1699-1813.

Reference:

R10901-5-X-E, MG44-B

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

126038

Context of this record:

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General Post Office fonds

General Post Office of Great Britain transcripts

British North America postal and packet services
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Date(s):

1699-1813.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.03 m of textual records transcripts.

Language of material:

English

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The sub-series (volume 60 of the transcripts) consists of copies of miscellaneous documents and reference material on British North American postal and packet services. Included are reports, correspondence, and compilations of extracts on various topics, formal instructions to postmasters and packet captains, accounts and warrants, a list of Postmasters General of Great Britain, 1678-1905; and lists of packet boats taken or damaged during the American Revolution. These documents are available on microfilm reel C-12887.

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General note:

Some items appear to be composites or memoranda compiled or edited and provided with linking commentary by the Canadian transcribers.

Reproduction note:

These records were apparently copied from originals in what are now Post 1 and Post 44 and from the Falmouth Packet Office Letterbooks in what is now Post 48, volumes 5 to 11 (not microfilmed by the National Archives of Canada).

Source:

Private

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MG44-B
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG44 B] 60

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Microfilm reel C-12887

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