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Kingston. Post Office fonds
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Fonds
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1842-1886 (Creation)
- Creator
- Kingston. Post Office
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Physical description
0.02 m of textual records
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Administrative history
During the year 1842, daily mail service during the summer months between Montreal and Kingston is authorized. The control of patronage appointments of Postmasters is transferred from the Deputy Postmaster General to the Governer General of each province in the same year. The postal system at this point, was still under the ownership of the British Monarch of the time, Queen Victoria. Operations and appointments had to pass through her representatives approval.
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Scope and content
Fonds consists of contracts regarding post and mail operations in the County of Frontenac between Loughborough to Lake Opinicon on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Victoria's mails, complete with wax seals.
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
Location of originals
2999 (Kingston Post Office)
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Open
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Public domain