Page 59 - British Post Office Notices 1666 to 1799

1700-1709

-- 0 4 0 5 NEWS [June 26-29, 1704]

These are to give Notice, That the Post will go to and from the General Post-Office, London, and Tunbridge, every
Day in the Week, Sundays excepted, during the Summer Season, from whence the Letters will be convey'd to the Wells as
usual.

-- 0501 NEWS [January 15-18, 1705] {Julian Calendar. January 15-18, 1704}

These are to give Notice that by Order of Her Majesty's Postmaster-General, a Post is erected to go from Exeter
through Okehampton, Lanceston, Came/ford, Bodmyn, to St. Columbe, and back again, 3 times a Week, there being Bags
for each Place to and from London; and that Deputies are appointed at each Stage for the Dispatch of Letters, and for the
Accommodation of Gentlemen Riding Post to or from any of the said Stages; or to and from Fa/mouth and London by the
said Stage.

-- 0 5 0 2 NEWS [March 12-15, 1705] {Julian Calendar. March 12-15, 1704}

This is to give Notice, That Her Majesty, in regard to the great Expence She is at in maintaining the Correspondence
by Letters between England and Her Plantation Islands in America, hath, pursuant to the Statute made in the Twelfth Year
of his late Majesty King Charles II for Establishing a Post-Office, directed and empowered the Postmaster General of
England to receive and take for the Post of all Letters and Packets that shall be conveyed by the Post lately established
between the Post-Office-General in London and the Islands Barbadoes, Antegoa, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christopher's and
Jamaica, the several Rates following, viz.
For the Post of every single Letter from England to the said Islands, not exceeding one Sheet of Paper, ls. '3d. For the
Post of every Letter not exceeding Two Sheets of Paper, 2s. 6d. and so in proportion to the same Rates for every Packet of
Letters. For the Post of every other Packet of any kind of greater Bulk, For every Ounce Weight, 6s. For the Post of every
Letter from the said Islands to England, not exceeding One Sheet, ls. 6d. For every Letter not exceeding Two Sheets, 3s.
and so in Proportion to the same Rates for every Packet of Letters. For the Post of every other Packet of any kind of
greater Bulk, for every Ounce Weight, 6s.

-- 0 5 0 3 NEWS [April 13-16, 1705]

These are to give Notice, That the West-India Packet-Boats will go from Plimouth at the beginning of every Month
throughout the Year, no Accident preventing the same, who are to touch and stay at each of the English Island Plantations
in the following manner; Viz.
Days & Nights. Hours.
Being arrived at Barbadoes, to stay no longer than.................... 3
Antego, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 2
Monserat, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Nevis, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
St. Christophers, . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . •. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Jamaica, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 10
And thence to return to England, and not to be stayed or delayed on any Pretence whatsoever.
This is likewise to give Notice, That Deputy Post-masters are appointed at each Island to attend and regulate all
Matters concerning Letters arid Packets, and to Correspond with the General Post-Office about the same: Therefore all
Persons Corresponding with New-England, New-York, Jersey, Maryland, Pensilvania, Virginia, Carolina, and Bermudas,
may have their Letters to the respective Governments put up in Bags apart, in the Method they are now sent to each Island;
and the Deputy Post-master of each Island hath Orders, where the next and most immediate Conveyance is to be had, to
send them to the Main of America, as hath hitherto been the Practice for conveying Letters from Barbadoes to Bermudas,
by Sloops, and other Imbarcations, daily Trading between the said Islands and the Continent; by which means Returns may
be as constantly made from the Continent to the said Post-masters, and by them transmitted to England by the Packets in

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