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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=185 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="040b9c00dduajq.jpg"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="70" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="66"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="66" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Falmouth Packet Archives 1688-1850</B></FONT>    |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouth Packet Archives 16881850"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Repositories "><U>Repositories </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography, Reading Abbreviation list"><U>Bibliography, Reading & Abbreviation lists</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="British Library"><U>British Library</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="C.R.O."><U>C.R.O.</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id105.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="C.L.S.L."><U>C.L.S.L.</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouth Town Library "><U>Falmouth Town Library  </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="N.M.M."><U>N.M.M.</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id145.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Post Office Archives"><U>Post Office Archives</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="P.R.O. (Kew)"><U>P.R.O. (Kew)</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RIC"><U>RIC</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Resources their cost in TIME "><U>Resources & their cost in TIME </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bringing the era to life!"><U>Bringing the era to life!</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouths Maritime Heritage a new era!"><U>Falmouth's Maritime Heritage - a new era!</U></A>   |   <B>FORUM : Questions needing Answers!</B>   |   <A HREF="id182.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BBC History Magazine (New Doomsday Book "><U>BBC History Magazine (New Doomsday Book for the new millennium)</U></A></div> <div> FORUM : Questions needing Answers!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#339900" FACE="Arial" ><B>Q.</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >     </FONT><B>From:</B> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Andrew Campbell</FONT> <B>To:</B> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >info@dunellen.org</FONT> <B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 24, 2000 </div> <div> <B>     Subject:</B> <U>William Dockwra, Secretary of the Board of proprietors of East Jersey </U></div> <div> Can anyone advise me, is the William Dockwra referred to in the history of Dunellen the same, or related to<B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>William Dockwra</B></FONT><B> </B>who, in 1680, invented the <B>Penny Post</B> in London?<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> You may see why I am interested from my page at <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>http://www.falmouth.packet.archives.dial.pipex.com/id141.htm</U></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Hoping you can help, and thank you for your time.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>A.</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  Andrew, I am not aware of any commonality between the two names. That certainly doesn't mean it does not exist. After reading your website text, it lends itself to some connection. The historical text from our website appeared in a home town publication celebrating our borough's centennial. I do not know the author or the sources for his/her material.</FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >At this time I cannot supply any other authority. We are hoping to get our town historian involved with placing his materials on our website. When that begins (please continue to visit our </FONT><A HREF="http://www.dunellen.org/borough/history.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.dunellen.org/borough/history."><U>website</U></A>.)</div> <div>  I would recommend that you contact us again so that we can provide you with contact information. I would provide it now, but I do not know the historian's name or address.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Please check back in a few months.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Roger W. Dornbierer,  President, Dunellen Education Foundation<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>