BIB_ID
459118
Accession number
MA 14909.17
Creator
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of Kent, 1767-1820, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (5 pages) ; 24.6 x 19.9 cm
Notes
Written from Head Quarters, Halifax.
William Thompson was sworn in and resigned as Halifax postmaster in February 1800; he was succeeded by John Brittain. See C. Bruce Fergusson, "The Halifax Post Office" in The Dalhousie Review (vol 38 no 1), p. 44; and Postmaster appointments 1800-1816, R3864-0-1-E, Volume number: 1, Library and Archives Canada.
Part of a collection of letters from Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (MA 14909).
William Thompson was sworn in and resigned as Halifax postmaster in February 1800; he was succeeded by John Brittain. See C. Bruce Fergusson, "The Halifax Post Office" in The Dalhousie Review (vol 38 no 1), p. 44; and Postmaster appointments 1800-1816, R3864-0-1-E, Volume number: 1, Library and Archives Canada.
Part of a collection of letters from Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent, to Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet (MA 14909).
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Updating Wentworth on Mr. Thompson, who Wentworth had appointed Halifax postmaster on the recommendation of Edward; informing Wentworth that Thompson has resigned as postmaster after having found its duties "incompatible" with his other duties as Prothonotary and having consulted with the Chief Justice, "notwithstanding the very great benefits" the position would have conferred on his family; requesting Wentworth now appoint Edward's "worthy and faithful old" first clerk Mr. Brittain to the Halifax postmaster position; explaining a matter "in confidence" involving job appointments and a Mr. Putnam, a Mr. [Coffin] (who may be offered a situation in England and would have to resign as prothonotary), and a Mr. [Beckwith] (recommended by Edward for that possible vacancy, spoken of well by the Harcourt family).
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