https://www.fepl.ca/localhistory/files/original/0bbd6894b1d6e79400f3c47195268e7d.pdf 043338791e1ba6bff891f6f43a1caf00 PDF Text Text POSTAL REGULATIONS as described in a letter: to Francis Freeling, 1801. secretary of that department, frow George !lar:tot, Deputy Postmaster General of British North America, written at Quebec, 14, June 1801. Letters are to be transmitted from Alllherstbm'g or Sandwich, for any part of Upper Canada Or Lower Canada, on be:i.ng put into a mail, and sealed and delivered to the commander of any of the vessels on Lake Erie, who shall rece:i.ve from the Postmaster a cert:i.f:i.cate specify:i.ng the number of letters contabned :i.n such ma:i.1, and on deliver:i.ng such mail to the Postmaster at Fort Erie, he sahll b·:i entitled to one penny for each letter. 11 The Postmaster at Chippawa shall get the mail conveyed by stagecoach by the postmaster at Queenston, who shall forward :i.t by the same mode, to the postmaster at Fort George. The following rates of Postage are proposed to be charged:: : From Sand1J1lich to Fort Erie two pence Halifax currency for each letter, from Fort Erie toChiiawa two pence: from Chippawa to Queenston one penny: a letter from Sandwich to Niagara 1tilI~b~ rated . t six pence. It is proposed to charge for letters from Fort George to York, one penney: ·from either of those places to Kingston, two pence when conveyed by water: from Kingston to York, a courier by land will be employed, both sumrner and winter, as soon as circumstances vdll permit. '..L'he appointment of John Warren,'--"eommissary, as Postmaster at FortErie, was considered both convenient and proper~ Some years later, 2L1.th., May 1803, General Hunter stated" the post of Upper Canada is not an insecure conveyance, as no letter, as far as I am aware, had been lost by it". from J1EMORIALS OF FORT ERIE AND EARI.Z NAVIGATION ON LAKE ERIE. page 10. �• Regi stered this day a Letter addressed to / I I . • NOTICE! ALL BO! 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In the early 1940's it moved into the Parkway building, occcupting the office at the north end. • • Much promotion was put in force for the Post Office to have it 1 s own building; and when the decission was finally made by the Governmant to locate it on thf•r property at the s.w. corner of Princess and Waterloo Streets, it did not meet favourably with the people of the tovm. Although they would have a new bQilding to meet their every requirements, it would meen that they would have to leave the fr~nt street to do business with the Post office. For strangers to the t6'vnr'it also ment a good deal of looking around for the building • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Louis McDermott Collection Subject The topic of the resource Local history, Fort Erie and surrounding area. Description An account of the resource A collection of historical documents, photos, news clippings, letters, and writings, assembled by local historian, Louis McDermott, and donated to the Fort Erie Public Library. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louis McDermott Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived FEPL-LH -Louis McDermott Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Included in this collection are writings, historical documents, news clippings, images, maps, and more. They were written and compiled by Louis McDermott into a series of binders. The digital collection has been scanned from these physical copies. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Fort Erie Public Library and Louis McDermott Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Postal Regulations Description An account of the resource Listed here is a letter describing the accepted postal regulations of the time, written in 1801. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis McDermott Collection 1800s Louis Mcdermott Collection postal service