Financial Records
Our Archive holds financial records ranging in date from the 1670s through to the present day. These include cash books (POST 2) and accounts (POST 9), Treasury correspondence (POST 1), and property and income tax assessments and certificates (POST 7). They can be a very useful source of information for business or family historians. Alternatively, they can simply provide a fascinating glimpse into the past.
Examples from our Collection
Here are some examples of Financial Records in our collection:
Account of money received and paid at the Post Office, 1-31 August 1677
One of the earliest records in our Archive.
Account of expenditure for steam packet stores, June 1821
Bills paid and stores purchased for the first Post Office steam packets.
List of mail guards, 1857
This list of Mail Guards could be a very useful source of information for a family historian.
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