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The America Letterbooks [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1849-1920.

Reference:

R10901-25-5-E, MG44-C-Post48

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

126045

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General Post Office fonds

Post 48. Overseas: Letter Books

The America Letterbooks
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Date(s):

1849-1920.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

50 microfilm reels.

Language of material:

English

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This sub-series of Post 48, volumes 128 to 167, consists of Letters from the Secretary To The Post Office to postal administrations in Canada, Newfoundland, the United States, and Bermuda, and to transatlantic packet stations in England and Ireland. Most of the correspondence is dated after the transfer of responsibility for postal services from Britain to the Canadian colonies in 1851. The earliest letters, however, include some material on the operations of local British North American post offices. There are records on the routing, and scheduling of transatlantic packet boat services throughout. A significant portion of the correspondence after 1851 deals with postal charges and the tracing of individual lost letters or mailings.

From 1871 to 1920, only the volumes for every third or fifth year have survived. The original volume numbering of the series has been superseded by the present system, but is indicated in the finding aids. This material is available on microfilm reels A-1274 to A-1323.

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Private

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MG44-C-Post48
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Microfilm reel A-1274--A-1323

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