New Ross: From Family to Community

Item discusses instructions to Benjamin Burgoyne on the new post office, which will be opened on 1 May 1896. The new office in Aldersville will be supplied with at least two months of postage stamps, and if he requires additional supplies a request can be made to the Postmaster in Halifax. Burgoyne will receive books and instructions from the Postmaster at New Ross Road and is to only exchange correspondence with the Kentville office.

Reference: Ross Family Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 794 number M16c