- Call Number:
- HIL-MICL FC LSC .O5A7P4C6
- Category:
- Special Collections
- Creator:
- Archives of Ontario.
- Material Description:
- 1 microfilm textual records 35 mm
- Background:
This Collection of postal materials originated in the Queenston Post Office of Alexander Hamilton and illustrates many aspects of the operations of a pioneer post office in Upper Canada.
Collection consists of copies of documents, compiled by Percy C. Band, relating to post offices in Upper Canada, 1782-1874. Collection includes stampless covers and correspondence amongst post office officials. (Archives of Ontario)
- Contents:
The Collection is organised in the following manner: post office printed material; letters about postal matters; stampless covers arranged in alphabetical order by post office in - Upper Canada (Ontario), Lower Canada (Quebec), New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, New York and England; and miscellaneous; and unclassified correspondence discussing, for example, the War of 1812 and the Rebellion of 1837. Besides postal administration, subjects of interest would include communications, and local history and place names.
Organisation:
Nos. 1-54 - Post office printed material
Nos. 55-114 - Letters about postal matters
Nos. 115-221 - Stampless covers in alphabetical order by post office in 1. Upper Canada (Ontario), 2. Lower Canada (Quebec), 3. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, New York and England, 4. Ship letters, 5. Unpostmarked letters delivered by personal carrier, 6. Miscellaneous
Nos. 222-446 - Correspondence unclassified but in chronological order
- Originals:
Microfilmed by the Archives of Ontario in 1960 and was acquired from from Percy C. Band.
- Archival Ref. No.:
RG 699. Fonds - F 380.
- Finding Aids:
- The Inventory Description, Table of Contents and Index have been microfilmed at the beginning of the reel.The Inventory Description , Table of Contents and Index are available in print and as a PDF in the electronic finding aids section.
- PDF Finding Aid:
- Contents_Percy-Band-Collection_AO.pdf