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Atlantic, Halifax & Bermuda</div> <div> 1755 - 1840     Note interruptions during winter & Cunard's branch packet service.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0f3b03e0.jpg" border=0 width="688" height="318" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> St. John's, Newfoundland </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Interesting Links:</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.bermuda-online.org/aboutus.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bermuda-online.org/aboutus.ht"><U><U>Bermuda Online</U></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>by Keith Forbes</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://bermuda-online.org/inaach.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://bermuda-online.org/inaach.htm"><U><U>Institute of North American & Atlantic Colonial History</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://bermuda-online.org/inaach.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://bermuda-online.org/inaach.htm"><U> </U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.alts.net/ns1625/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.alts.net/ns1625/index.html"><U>Nova Scotia's Electronic Attic</U></A> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >which includes links to </FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The </B></FONT><B>History of Technology in Nova Scotia</B> </div> <div> with special attention given to <B>Communications and Transportation </B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="arial" >Chapter 1, </FONT><A HREF="http://www.alts.net/ns1625/nshist01.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.alts.net/ns1625/nshist01.html"><U><B>Before 31 December 1829</B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.alts.net/ns1625/nshist01.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.alts.net/ns1625/nshist01.html"><U> </U></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Chapter 2, </FONT><A HREF="http://www.alts.net/ns1625/nshist02.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.alts.net/ns1625/nshist02.html"><U><B>1 January 1830 to 31 December 1849</B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.alts.net/ns1625/nshist02.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.alts.net/ns1625/nshist02.html"><U> </U></A></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The above author states</B></FONT> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >"</FONT><B>This site will always be under construction"</B></div> <div> <B>So, I know there will be more content to look forward to and I use the services of </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://mindit.netmind.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://mindit.netmind.com/"><U><B>Mind-it by NetMind</B></U></A></FONT><B>, to receive friendly reminders by e-mail when the site is updated....there always seems to be more interesting reading!</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Bermuda</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Lest we forget</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >: </FONT><B>Dr. Jack Arne</B><B>l</B><B>l</B> <A NAME="arnell_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> passed away in April 2000.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Jack was introduced to me via the Royal Institution of Cornwall (RIC) as someone who had transcribed many of</FONT> <A HREF="id20_philbrick.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Repositories "><U>Miss M. E. Philbrick's card index records of North Atlantic packet sailings.</U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  We each went about our own research and, fortunately were able to cross compare our findings in 1997, so that we combined updated information.  </FONT></div> <bR> <div> A simple example of his help is illustrated thus</div> <div> <I>Sherborne Mercury</I> (SM) Monday April 27, 1799.  London, April 26.</div> <div> <B>New York papers* to the 17th ult. [March] </B>bring an account of an insurrection in the county of Northampton by a body of persons refusing to pay a window tax. The President has issued a proclamation, declaring, that as they exceed 100 in number, and appear as an armed body of military resisting the execution of the law, they are guilty of rebellion and treason. He has ordered a body of military, headed by the Marshal, whose duty it is to enforce the tax, to proceed against them.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Lady Harriet</B></I></FONT><I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(sic) </FONT>left Falmouth on 12 Nov. 1798, and is <I><B>listed (by Jack Arnell) as being at New York from 13 Feb. to 10 March, 1799.</B></I> She arrived at Falmouth on 11 May 1799.</div> <bR> <div> This proved helpful, because the packet clearly left BEFORE the article was published in New York on 17 March... (many clues make big picture...) and Jack's findings make analysis of passage times accurate, whilst narrowing down possible arrival / sailing dates at Halifax or Bermuda.</div> <bR> <div> Although we never met, other than on the telephone, I found him to be quite amusing, particularly regarding IT 'advances.'   Like Miss Philbrick, I feel sure, had he mastered the PC he would certainly have left us with a fantastic digital record of his findings, mostly philatelic.  Some of his published work is listed below. His passing leaves those amongst us fortunate to have IT at our fingertips, more aware than ever of our responsibility to deliver, and share, the best from our respective local resources.  </div> <bR> <div>                     <IMG SRC="06546460.png" border=0 width="70" height="70" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>The Development of the Transatlantic Mail Service to Bermuda</I></div> <div> by <B>J. C. Arnell  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >[kindly given to me by Arthur Blundell, 22.10.1997]</FONT></div> <div> Bermuda Journal of Archaeology and Maritime History Vol. 1 (1989) pp. 25-42</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I>Atlantic Mails, A History of the Mail Service Between Great Britain and Canada to 1889  </I></FONT>by <B>Dr. John C. Arnell.</B> </div> <div> The history, rates, markings and sailings. 1980, 412 pages, 58 color illustrations, cloth.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I>Steam and the North Atlantic Mails</I> </div> <div> by <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Dr. John C. Arnell</B></FONT> </div> <div> The transition from Sail to Steam and the impact of the British mail contracts on the Cunard Line. 1987, 300 pages, cloth. [Extremely useful.]  </div> <div>  </div> <div> <I>Bermuda Mails to 1865, An Inventory of the Postal Markings</I> </div> <div> by Michel <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >FORAND</FONT> and Charles <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >FREELAND</FONT></div> <div> British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group (1995)</div> <bR> <div> <I>North Atlantic Seaway</I>, by N.R. P. Bonsor.</div> <div> T. Stephenson & Sons (1955)</div> <bR> <div> <I>============================================  <IMG SRC="10646460.png" border=0 width="70" height="70" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> RCG 3/9/<B>1803:</B> [Falmouth] Thursday 25th Aug. 1803, arrived H.M.S. <I>Pheasant</I> 18, Capt. Carew, with despatches from Halifax.  [Mail is not referred to]</div> <div>  </div> <div> FP 9/5/<B>1829:</B> Since our last publication, sailed packet <I>Badger</I> for Halifax. </div> <div> FP 18/7/1829: <I>Badger </I>touched on Sable Island*, no damage,arrived Halifax 3rd June and sailed the 4th for Bermuda.  [* Isle Sabie]. [ID 317]</div> <div> [Route,Falmouth-Halifax-Bermuda-Halifax-Falmouth, with <B>branch schooner service </B>Halifax-Boston-Halifax  <A NAME="halifax_boston_halifax"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>.(see <I>Myrtle</I>)]</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>