Join Desert Museum botany staff and docents on Mt. Lemmon for a day filled with butterflies and flowers! Next Saturday (August 20), we will focus on the identification of the butterflies that we spot and their relationships with flowering plants and trees.
In 1832 Jed Jackson had the contract for carrying mail from Brantford to London twice a week along the Old Stage Road. On October 6, 1835, a post office was established at Woodstock, Ontario, with Princeton following within two years. According to the Legislative Council Sessional Papers for 1846, a post office was established at Princeton on May 6, 1836 and Jeremiah Cowin was appointed postmaster on May 9, 1837. The sureties were George Beamer and Silas Martin to the amount of Â£200. The assistant was John Charles.
The UK Postal Service started in 1840 when Sir Rowland Hill helped establish a national payment and delivery method, which was overseen by a Government Department.Prior to that, only the wealthy had been able to pay for postal deliveries and these were not on an organised basis.he UK Postal Service started in 1840 when Sir Rowland Hill helped establish a national payment and delivery method, which was overseen by a Government Department. Prior to that, only the wealthy had been able to pay for postal deliveries and these were not on an organised basis.