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SUPERIORITY 1830 - 1837                                                                          The Europe
        Black Ball Line                                                                                 First Voyage






                                              ?? SCOTLAND TO MONTREAL
                                            (VIA L IVERPOOL AND NEw YoRK)






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                                       Letter posted at an unknown place in Scotland.
                                      The  clue,  1hd  wheel  tax  added  to  inland  rate
                                       to  Liverpool.    Liverpool  addressee  crosses
                                       out address,  takes letter to Black Ball agent in
                                       Liverpool for dispatch as  endorsed.  From New
                                       York, letter proceeds to Montreal by way of the
                                       Lake Champlain route.



                                                                           Postal Rates
                                   Ship Information                  Great Britain       1/1hd
                                                                      Inland to Liverpool plus
                                The  Europe  departed                 wheel tax.
                                Liverpool    July    16,             United States       20%¢
                                1833 arrived New York                 Ship Letter fee plus inland to
                                   August 21, 1833.                   exchange office, collected in
                                                                      Canada.
                                                                     Canada              1/7 cy
                                                                      1/- debited to United States.
                                                                      Inland, 7 d exchange office to
                                                                      Montreal.
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