Page 63 - British Post Office Notices 1666 to 1799

1710-1719

--100 6 NEWS [November 21-23, 1710]

These are to give Notice, that a Bag with the Letters of Dumfries and Parts adjacent will be sent from the General
Post-Office to Dumfries, by way of Carlisle, from and after Saturday the 2d of December, and the Answers to be returned
the same Way.

--1101 NEWS (London, January 12, 1711) {Julian Calendar. January 12, 1710}

This is to give Notice, That a Packet-Boat, now at Biddiford, will be ready to proceed, Wind and Weather permitting,
for the West-Indies with the Letters and Packets that shall be ready on the last Thursday of this Month.

--1102 NEWS [February 17-20, 1711] {Julian Calendar. February 17-20, 1710}

This is to give Notice, That the Evelyn Packet-Boat, now at Biddiford, will be ready to proceed, Wind and Weather
permitting, for the West-Indies, with the Letters and Packets that shall be ready on Tuesday the 27th of this Month.

--1103 NEWS [March 17-20, 1711] {Julian Calendar. March 17-20, 1710}

This is to give Notice, That the Frankland Packet-Boat, now at Biddiford, will be ready to proceed, Wind and Weather
permitting, for the West-Indies, with the Letters and Packets that shall be ready on Thursday the 29th of this Month.

-- 11 0 4 NEWS [May 8-10, 1711]

This is to give Notice, That the Letters and Packets design'd for the West Indies will be taken in at the General Post-
Office 'till Thursday the 17th Instant, and the Resolution Packet-boat now ready at Bristol, is to Sail therewith so soon as
the Mail shall be put on Board her, Wind and Weather permitting. ·

--1105 NEWS [June 9-12, 1711]

These are to give Notice, That by the Act of Parliament for Establishing a General Post Office, all Letters and Packets
directed to, and sent from Places distant ten Miles or above from the said Office in London, which before the second of this
Instant June were received and deliver'd by the Officers of the Penny Post, are now subjected to the same rates of Postage
as General Post Letters; and that for the Accommodation of the Inhabitants of such Places, their Letters will be convey'd
with the same Regularity and Dispatch as formerly, being first Tax'd with the Rates, and stamp'd with the Mark of the
General Post-Office, and that all Parcels will likewise be Tax'd, at the Rate of One Shilling per Ounce, as the said Act
directs.

-- 11 0 6 NEWS [June 30-July 3, 1711]

The Marlett Packet-Boat now at Portsmouth, being the next Vessel to proceed to the West-Indies, this is to give
Notice, that the said Vessel will be ready to sail with all Letters and Packets which shall be taken in at the General Post
Office between this and Saturday the 14th Instant, and to the Orders which shall that Day be given for her sailing
accordingly.

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