In 1755 the British Post Office...began a monthly packet run between England and New York...
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packet – a boat that carries mail with a published schedule of sailing dates; a ship employed by government to convey official messages or mail; a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, on a fixed schedule |
Links to Relevant WebsitesChronology of Canadian Postal Historyby the Canadian Museum of Civilization In April 1754, a notice appears in the Halifax Gazette announcing the establishment of a post office outside the South Gate. This unofficial post office is considered the first post office in Canadian history. An official post office is established the next year. http://www.civilization.ca/cpm/chrono/chc1506e.html Postal History by FactsCanada.ca http://www.factscanada.ca/friday/friday-2001-01-01-05.shtml In 1753 Benjamin Franklin was appointed deputy postmaster general for the British colonies (which then included Nova Scotia, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina). In 1755 Franklin organized the first regular monthly mail packet service between Falmouth, England, and New York, and opened the first official post office in Canada in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to link Halifax with the Atlantic colonies and the packet service to England. A post office for local and outgoing mail had been started by Benjamin Leigh in Halifax in April, 1754. North Atlantic, Halifax and Bermuda Packets Falmouth Packet Archives http://www.falmouth.packet.archives.dial.pipex.com/id46.htm Post-Office Packets Falmouth Packet Archives http://www.falmouth.packet.archives.dial.pipex.com/id22.htm Mail Packets English mail services in the late 1700s and early 1800s: Mails for the West Indies were made up twice monthly at the General Post Office in London: on the first Wednesday for Jamaica and the Leeward Islands and on the third Wednesday for the Leeward Islands only. They were taken to Falmouth by mail coach to arrive on the Saturday evening and the packet vessels sailed as soon as weather and tide permitted. Similarly mails for Halifax, Quebec and New York were made up in London on the first Wednesday of every month throughout the year and for Surinam and Demerara on the second Wednesday, for Lisbon every Tuesday, Cadiz every second Tuesday, Brazils and Madeira on Tuesday, Mediterranean and Malta every third Thursday. The mails for Jersey and Guernsey were made up every Friday night for Weymouth and the packets sailed from there about four or five o'clock on Saturday afternoons and returned the following Thursday or Friday... http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/info.htm#mail |
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