Catalogue description Post Office: Inland Mails Organisation, Letter Books

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Details of POST 15
Reference: POST 15
Title: Post Office: Inland Mails Organisation, Letter Books
Description:

This series comprises copy letter books relating to administration of the Post Office in Britain and Ireland and, to an extent, overseas.

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Note: Catalogue entries below series level were removed from Discovery, The National Archives' online catalogue, in November 2016 because fuller descriptions were available in The Postal Museum's online catalogue.
Date: 1784-1937
Arrangement:

Chronological order within sub-series.

All pieces are 1 volume.

Separated material:

Files on administration of mail conveyance by railway, 1859-1936 were transferred to POST 11

Files on provincial post office administration, 1798-1830 relating to finance, services and staff were transferred to POST 14

Overseas mails letter books are in POST 48

Files on the Scottish Post Office solicitor's letter copy books relating tolegal actions and inquiries, 1793-1804; were transferred to POST 74

Held by: The Postal Museum, not available at The National Archives
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 78 volume(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure

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