Page 238 - British Post Office Notices 1666 to 1799

Act of 9 Queen Anne, Cap. 10

All Letters and Packets from New York aforesaid, to New-Port, the Chief
Town in Rhode Ireland, and Providence Plantation in New England, and to Boston,
the Chief Town in Massachusets Bay in New England aforesaid, and to Portsmouth,
the Chief Town in New Hampshire in New England aforesaid, and to Annapolis,
the Chief Town in Maryland, and from every of those Places to New York, •••••••••••• Single, one Shilling
All Letters and Packets from Newport, Boston, Portsmouth, and Anapolis aforesaid,
to any Place not exceeding sixty English Miles, and thence back again, ••••••••••••• Single, four Pence
All Letters and Packets from Newport, Boston, Portsmouth, and Anapolis aforesaid,
to any Place not exceeding one hundred English Miles, and thence back again, ••••••• Single, six Pence
All Letters and Packets from New York aforesaid, to the Chief Offices
in Salem and Ipswich, and to the Chief Office in Piscataway, and to Williamsburgh,
the Chief Town in Virginia, and from every of those Places to New York, Single, one Shilling three Pence
All Letters and Packets from the Chief Offices in Salem, Ipswich,
Piscataway, and Williamsburgh aforesaid, to any Place not exceeding
sixty English Miles, and thence back again, •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Single, four Pence
All Letters and Packets from the said Chief Offices in Salem, Ipswich,
Piscataway, and Williamsburgh aforesaid, to any Place not exceeding
one hundred English Miles, and thence back again, •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Single, six Pence
All Letters and Packets from New York aforesaid, to Charles Town, the Chief Town
in North and south Carolina, and from Charles Town aforesaid, to New York, •••.••••• Single, one Shilling six Pence
All Letters and Packets from Charles Town aforesaid, to any Place not exceeding
sixty English Miles, and thence back again, •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Single, four Pence
All Letters and Packets from Charles Town aforesaid, to any Place not exceeding
one hundred English Miles, and thence back again, •••••••••••••••••••••.••••••••.••• Single, six Pence
VII. And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That such Postmaster General so to be appointed as aforesaid,
shall and may receive and take, according to the same Rates and Proportions for the Port of Letters, Packets, and Parcels,
to or from any of the Parts or Places beyond the Seas, where Posts have not been heretofore settled, and may hereafter be
settled by such Postmaster General for the Time being.
VIII. And be it further enacted, That all Letters and Packets directed to or coming from any of the Foreign Parts or
Places aforesaid, and collected or delivered at any Part or Place between London and any of the Ports from whence any of
her Majesty's Packet Boats shall at any Time hereafter sail, or at which they shall or may arrive with the Foreign Mails, do
pay the same Rates as if the same were conveyed in the said Mails to or from London.
IX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That such Postmaster General shall be at Liberty to keep
and maintain Packet Boats to go weekly (Wind and Weather permitting) to and from Donachadee, or some other
convenient Port in Ireland, to Port Patrick, or some other convenient Port in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, for
Conveyance of Letters and Packets for the Conveniency of Trade and Commerce between the said Kingdoms, paying over
and above the inland Rates hereby rated and appointed to be received for such Letters and Packets, at the Place where
such Letter or Letters are delivered in to be sent by such Packet Boats, according to the Rates following; that is to say, For
every such Single Letter two Pence, Double four Pence, Treble six Pence, Ounce eight Pence.
X. "And for as much as it may be convenient to erect some cross Stages for the better maintaining of Trade and
Commerce, and mutual Correspondencies, and to settle the Rates for all By or Way Letters and Packets conveyed by Posts
in any of the said Kingdoms;" Be it therefore enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the said first Day of
June one thousand seven hundred and eleven, it shall and may be lawful to and for the Postmaster General for the Time
being, so constituted as aforesaid, to erect and set up cross Stages to and from any Place or Places whatsoever; and
thereupon such Postmaster General and his Deputy and Deputies by him thereunto sufficiently authorized, shall and may
lawfully demand, have, receive, and take for the Postage and Conveyance, as well of all such Letters and Packets which he
or they shall so convey, carry, or send Post as aforesaid, in any such cross Stages, as for all By or Way Letters and Packets,
the same Rates in Proportion to the Distances of the Places to which they shall be directed from the Places at which they
shall be put in, as Letters and Packets conveyed and re-conveyed to and from London, are rated to pay.

XL "And for the better reducing all Miles in both the said Kingdoms throughout all the Post Roads within one
hundred Miles distance from the said chief Offices, and in the cross Roads now settled, or hereafter to be settled, to one

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