Post Offices of Stanhope

Application, Registration
998.06.02a
Library & Archives Canada copy of a Post Office Application-Maple Lake Settlement 1875
Petition to the Postmaster General to establish a post office at the Maple Lake settlement signed by many residents of the area. ... View Full Record
Application, Registration
998.06.02b
Library & Archives Canada copy of a Post Office Application-Lot 8 Conc 5 Stanhope 1875
Petition to the Post Master General regarding the creation of a post office in Stanhope as the settlers are cut off from other post office facilities by water. ... View Full Record
Application, Registration
998.06.02c
Library & Archives Canada copy of a Post Office Application- Browns Corners 1875
Series of letters regarding the application from the people of Stanhope over the creation of a post office at Browns Corners. There are response letters indicating that there may have been some delay in processing the application. ... View Full Record
Application, Registration
998.06.02d
Library & Archives Canada copy of a Post Office Application- #613 Maple Lake Settlement and Browns Corners 1875
Report detailing the Post Office Inspector's findings regarding establishment of post offices at Stanhope, Maple Lake, and Browns Corners. ... View Full Record
Application, Registration
998.06.02e
Library & Archives Canada copy of a Post Office Application- #837 Maple Lake 1876
Response from Post Office Inspector R. W. Barker re: application for a post office by Rev. John E. Cooper. Includes copy of application as well as responses from R. W. Barker and William White. ... View Full Record
Application, Registration
998.06.02f
Library & Archives Canada copy of a Post Office Application- #908 Peterson and Carnarvon 1877
Report from R. W. Barker re: proposed changes to the Peterson and Carnarvon post offices. Report also details the death of the post master at Carnarvon and the fire at the Peterson post office. ... View Full Record
Application, Registration
998.06.02g
Library & Archives Canada copy of a Post Office Application- #957 Destruction of Peterson P.O. 1877
Report from R. W. Barker re: the fire at the Peterson post office and detailing what happened to the post office property.... View Full Record
Application, Registration
998.06.02h
Library & Archives Canada copy of a Post Office Application- #970 Pritchard Settlement 1877
Report from R. W. Barker detailing the need for the establishment of a post office in Stanhope, explaining the geographic term of "Stanhope Island" and why the area is called such as well as why this is important regarding postal services. ... View Full Record
Application, Registration
998.06.02i
Library & Archives Canada copy of a Post Office Application- #971 Maple Lake Bridge 1877
Report from R. W. Barker detailing his opinion on the lack of need for a post office at Maple Lake. Also includes copy of the original petition and letters to the Post Master General by the inhabitants. ... View Full Record
Application, Registration
998.06.02j
Library & Archives Canada copy of a Post Office Application- #613 for Maple Lake in 1877
Report from William White asking the post office inspector at Kingston to reevaluate the assessment for the need for a post office at Maple Lake. Included are letters from James Melville, who has been acting as an unofficial post master out of his st... View Full Record
Application, Registration
998.06.02k
Library & Archives Canada copy of a Post Office Application- #980 Lot 8 Conc 5 Stanhope 1877
Petition re: the creation of a post office at Stanhope to replace the Peterson post office which was destroyed by fire. ... View Full Record
Application, Registration
998.06.02l
Library & Archives Canada copy of a Post Office Application- #996 Peterson 1878
Report from R.W. Barker re: the reestablishment of the Peterson post office after it was destroyed by fire. Also included is a hand drawn sketch of the area, detailing where the post offices might be located. ... View Full Record
Application, Registration
998.06.02m
Library & Archives Canada copy of a Post Office Application- #471 Hall's Lake 1900
Report from Post Office Inspector H. Minick re: the establishment of a post office at Hall's Lake. Includes a map sketch of the area. ... View Full Record
Application, Registration
998.06.02n
Library & Archives Canada copy of a Post Office Application- #78 Boskung and Peterson's Corners 1878
Report from R. W. Barker re: the establishment of a post office at Boskung and the reestablishment of the post office at Peterson's Corners. ... View Full Record
Photograph
006.02.31
Reuben Rowe Henderson
Sepia tone photograph of a bearded man, identified as Reuben Rowe Henderson. The gentleman is seated facing the right with his head in partial profile. He is wearing a striped blazer, a light coloured shirt, and a tie with a diagonal stripe on it. Th... View Full Record
Letter
998.03.56b.02
Letter and envelope mailed in 1882 from Hannah Hutchins in Stratford-On-Avon to her brother Thomas Mason of Boskung P.O. Ontario, Canada, North America. In her letter, Hannah details all of the family news and apologises repeatedly for not having... View Full Record
Letter
998.03.56b.11
Two letters from cousin Helen White in London, England to Thomas Mason, Post Office, Boskung, Ontario, America. In letter one, she expresses her desire to see Thomas's boys. In letter two, she is replying to his letter which was the first time she ha... View Full Record
Letter
998.03.56b.09
Letter dated June 3, 1920 to Mr. Alfred Mason of Maple Lake from John H. BIlling, Maple Lake, Ontario, Canada, just north of the United States of America. Mr. Billing is enclosing ten dollars in payment of his taxes.... View Full Record
Letter
000.12.18.01
1957 Letter from Norm Wallace to Clayton Hodgson
One of a series of five letters written in 1957 between Norm Wallace and M.P. Clayton Hodgson regarding the need for a mail route from Carnarvon to Hall's Lake. This 6 page draft of a letter is from Norm Wallace to M.P. Clayton Hodgson and talks a... View Full Record
Letter
000.12.18.02
1957 Letter from Clayton Hodgson to Norm Wallace
One of a series of five letters written in 1957 between Norm Wallace and M.P. Clayton Hodgson regarding the need for a mail route from Carnarvon to Hall's Lake. This March 28, 1957 letter on House of Commons stationery is from Clayton Hodgson to... View Full Record
Letter
000.12.18.03
1957 Letter from Clayton Hodgson to Norm Wallace
One of a series of five letters written in 1957 between Norm Wallace and M.P. Clayton Hodgson regarding the need for a mail route from Carnarvon to Hall's Lake. This April 1, 1957 letter on House of Commons stationery is from Clayton Hodgson to No... View Full Record
Letter
000.12.18.04
1957 Letter from Clayton Hodgson to Norm Wallace
One of a series of five letters written in 1957 between Norm Wallace and M.P. Clayton Hodgson regarding the need for a mail route from Carnarvon to Hall's Lake. This April 4, 1957 letter on House of Commons stationery is from Clayton Hodgson to No... View Full Record
Letter
000.12.18.05
1957 Letter from Clayton Hodgson to Norm Wallace
One of a series of five letters written in 1957 between Norm Wallace and M.P. Clayton Hodgson regarding the need for a mail route from Carnarvon to Hall's Lake. This April 5, 1957 letter on House of Commons stationery is from Clayton Hodgson to No... View Full Record
Book, Instruction
000.25.01.01
Canada Postal Guide Part 1 Postal Law and Regulations
Book detailing the information a postmaster needs to run a proper postal service. Part 1 is numbered as 000.25.01.01 and Part 2 is numbered as 000.25.01.02.... View Full Record
Book, Instruction
000.25.01.02
Canada Postal Guide Part 2 International Mails, Rates, and Conditions
Book detailing the postal rates, etc for international mailing.... View Full Record
Book, Instruction
000.25.02
Financial Procedure for Accounting Post Offices Dominion of Canada
Book detailing how to do the accounting for a post office.... View Full Record
Sign, Trade
005.10.01
Large double sided hanging postal sign coloured red, dark blue, light blue, and white. Sign says "Canada Post Postes Canada Carnarvon K0M 1J0" on both sides. Canada Post and Postes Canada are written in red, while Carnarvon and the postal code are wr... View Full Record
Mailbox
007.17.01
Mailbox
One medium sized metal post box, painted red, blue, and gold. Box has a slanted metal roof and an inner compartment which is accessed by a door on the front of the box. A slot near the top of the box allows letters to be inserted. The door has the co... View Full Record
Sign, Trade
007.17.02
Post Office advertising sign
One medium sized white enamel sign with "POST OFFICE" written in blue writing. The Royal Coat of Arms is located at the top of the sign in the centre and is a slightly lighter blue colour. Each of the four corners has a hole drilled in it.... View Full Record
Portfolio
007.17.03
Portfolio labelled "Post Office Department"
Black leather? covered, dome fastening portfolio marked "Post Office Department". Contains multiple cardboard pockets marked with categories e.g. money orders, priority post, etc. which are held together by two shoelaces which string through each po... View Full Record
Record, Birth
998.01.1614.015
Birth, Death and Marriage Registers Vol B
Letter and envelope mailed by Robert Irvin Moore to William Cooper, Township Clerk on 9 Feb 1906, informing him of the birth of a still born baby boy on January 14, 1906. Dr G H Bowen was in attendance.... View Full Record
Receipt
998.03.51j
Mason Family Postal Receipts
Miscellaneous Postal Receipts from the Mason Family. Includes Post Office Registration receipts, money order receipts, insurance receipts, a parcel tag, an envelope addressed to the postmaster of Boskung, and Remitter's receipts in varying amounts.... View Full Record
Book
998.03.58k.02
Postal Information 1925
24 page information booklet for consumers on postal methods and rates.... View Full Record
Stamp, Postmark
998.06.01a
Proof Strikes of Canada Volume II 'Split Circle Proof Strikes of Ontario'
Copy of information from Library and Archives Canada: 5 pages of Split Circle Proof Strikes of Ontario including Boshkung 1878; Carnarvon 1879, 1908, 1930; Mill Hill 1911; Minden 1879; Peterson's Corners 1878... View Full Record
Stamp, Postmark
998.06.01b
Proof Strikes of Canada Volume IX 'Full Circle Proof Strikes of Ontario'
Copy of information from Library and Archives Canada: 5 pages of Full Circle Proof Strikes of Ontario including Boshkung; Buttermilk Falls 1937; Hall's Lake 1938; Maple Lake 1941... View Full Record
Stamp, Postmark
998.06.01c
Proof Strikes of Canada Volume XIII 'Registration Proof Strikes of Ontario'
Copy of information from Library and Archives Canada: 4 pages of Registration Proof Strikes of Ontario including Buttermilk Falls 1937; Hall's Lake 1926, 1934, 1938; Maple Lake 1924, 1928... View Full Record
Photograph
012.10.01
Thomas Jones Store Post Office
Digital image of Thomas Jones Store showing a large brick house with an attached addition and a separate building across from it. A figure is seen moving between the addition of the house and the separate building. There are various advertising signs... View Full Record
Photograph
012.10.05
Buttermilk Falls Post Office
Digital image of post office at Buttermilk Falls. Image shows a small log building with two boats in front of it to the left. A number of advertising signs are visible advertising "GROCERIES", "CANDIES", and "MILK SHAKES". Two other signs to the left... View Full Record
Photograph
012.10.04
John Hewitt's Store & Post Office
Digital image of John Hewitt's Store which was the location of the Buttermilk Falls post office in the 1930's. The building burned down in the late 1930's. This image shows a small building on the left hand side of the picture and a log cabin to the... View Full Record
Photograph
012.10.02
Carnarvon Post Office
Digital image of Rogers Store, Carnarvon, showing a pale, clapboard sided house with large front windows and a false front. The second storey has a door in the centre of it while the door on the main level is in a recessed alcove. The building and gr... View Full Record