Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1887

Catalogue #:
2018.416.2792
Title:
Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1887
Description:
Register of Arrivals and Departures for several months of 1887. Post Office mail boat Cranberry Isles. Identifies the Post office at Cranberry Isles, County of Hancock, State of Maine, Route No. 1423, from Cranberry Isles to South West Harbor. Name of Contractor: Wm. B. Mitchell, or Samuel Fernald; Name of Carrier: Samuel Fernald or William P. Bunker. Mode of carrying the Mail: Sail or Row Boat; Trips a week required: Three. On reverse of this form are comments recording the Nature and Causes of Failures and Detentions - there were three instances of mail failure in 1887: one in April, and two in May (see 2792E, G & H herein). See also December 2792L for evidence of a blue seal affixed to the edge of this folded form. Forms are signed by William P. Preble, Post Master.
Date:
1887
Materials:
Paper

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Citation

“Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1887,” Great Cranberry Island Historical Society, accessed November 21, 2024, https://gcihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/2845.Catalogue # 2018.416.2792

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