Subject: Cost of Keeping in Touch - General Interest
Apropos of recent discusion of details of emigrants from Wales to USA:
And thank you again to Keith Morris for today's message re:
'Carnarvon Traders Updated'
I just did a quick browse to renew memories of very old haunts and came
across the following image, which I have tried to summarize briefly here.
I have included Keith's web-site path to locate it amongst his many other
fascinating images:
From: Keith Morris <keith(a)morris5199.fsnet.co.uk>
Subject: [CLWYD] Carnarvon Traders Updated.
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:31:15 +0000
Worral's Directory for 1874 has been completed and is now available at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wlsccaer/
Images
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wlsccaer/images.html
Memorabilia - Bills & letterheads
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wlsccaer/memorabilia1.html
At the bottom of this web page: a copy of an invoice:
from the North Wales Newspapers Group
(full list of papers given in tiny print)
Carnarvon, March 1, 1901
The Welsh National Press Co. Ltd. Carnarvon
Or to the Proprietor of the 'Herald',
etc
Date: March ---? 28/1902
Account delivered:
To Prepaid Subscription of 'Paper Pawb' to
Mr. J.C. Roberts Utica
£ | s | d
£ __ | 8 | 8
Net (use monospace font)
Imagine paying $1.75 US a year for a year's subscription to news from 'back
home'.
It looks like Mr. J.C. Roberts beat my Robert O. Roberts of Nebo, Capel
Garmon, to Utica, NY by about 12 years.
Cheers, Tony in White Rock, BC.