Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1886

Catalogue #:
2018.416.2791
Title:
Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1886
Description:
Register of Arrivals and Departures for several months of 1886. 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 H. 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 1886: one in January, and two in December (see 2791A, W, and X herein). Forms are signed by William P. Preble, Post Master.
Date:
1886
Materials:
Paper

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Citation

“Register of Arrivals and Departures - Post Office 1886,” Great Cranberry Island Historical Society, accessed April 19, 2024, https://gcihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/2844.Catalogue # 2018.416.2791

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