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OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF FALMOUTH, AS A 

 PACKET STATION. 



1688. — Packet station first established. 

 1696. — Packets sailed for the Groyne, (Corunna,) 

 1705. — Five Packets for West Indies. 

 1709. — Five Packets for Lisbon. 

 1755.— Two Packets for New York. 

 1756. — One Packet for Corunna. 

 One Packet for Gibraltar. 

 1763. — Four Packets now sailed for New York. 



1764. — Packets were established to / Pensacola, 



l St. Augustine, 



j Savannah, 



\ Charleston, U. S. 



1776. — Six Packets now sailed for "West Indies. 



1778. — Five Packets for Charleston. 



1782. — Four Packets for Lisbon. 



Eighteen Packets (including Office Boats) now sailing 

 to West Indies and America. 



1806. — Four Packets for Gibraltar and Malta. 



1808.— Five Packets for Brazils. 



Three Packets for Corunna. 



1810. — Three Packets for Surinam. 



The Station was removed after a meeting at Falmouth, 

 to Plymouth, where it remained for a period of some 

 months, but from the difficulties experienced in going 

 up Channel to so distant a port, Falmouth was again 

 adopted as the station. 



1817. — The "Princess Mary" Packet, over-ran her Port, Falmouth, 

 and put into Plymouth, where she was wrecked 21st 

 January, with two Ships of War. 



1823. — Up to this period the Packets sailed under Contract 

 between the General Post Office and the commander, 

 who received his appointment from that establishment 



