The History of the Post Office in British North America

by William Smith

[67] Mémoires de la Société Historique de Montréal, 1870, pt. 5. I. 150.

[68] Ordonnances des Intendants, I. 54, and IX. 109.

[69] Public Archives of Can., C. 11, X. 338.

[70] Order of lieutenant governor Burton, to the maîtres de poste (Mémoires de la Société Historique de Montréal, 1870, pt. 5. I. 268).

[71] G.P.O., Treasury, 1760-1771, p. 99.

[72] Imperial Statutes, 5, Geo. III. c. 25.

[73] Journal kept by Hugh Finlay, surveyor of the post roads on the continent of North America, 1773-1774 (published by Frank H. Norton, Brooklyn, 1867).

[74] G.P.O., General Account Book, Account April 5, 1765.

[75] Ibid., Account April 5, 1769. The net revenue for the four years ending 1768 was £1684.

[76] Quebec Gazette, February 16, 1767.