Henry Carrie, Justice of the Peace

Nova Scotia # 12 on folded sheet "EXTRACTS FROM THE 'ACT TO REGULATE LABOR ON THE HIGHWAYS' passed the 12th day of April, 1862". Addressed to Henry Carre Esquire, River Bourgeois. Barred oval cancellation with manuscript "On Service" and "from Clk Peace Arichat" on front. No transit stamps on the back. The 10 cent double rate was used for local letters over 1/2 oz but not exceeding 1 oz.

Henry Carrie was a merchant and Justice of the Peace in River Bourgeois when he received this "on service" letter, likely containing official correspondence from the clerks office in Arichat, the Richmond County seat. There is no date stamp on the cover, but it must have been mailed sometime after the 1862 date printed on its folded paper wrapper.

Hutchinson’s Nova Scotia Directory, 1864-1865, for River Bourgeois lists Henry Carrie, merchant. It also lists Henry Carrie as a Justice of the Peace for Richmond County.

In the 1871 census we find Carrie, Henry, 55, born Gurnsey, merchant, living with Carrie, Mrs., 60, born Nova Scotia, and Jane Lewis, 9.

In A.F. Church's Map of Richmond County, Henry Carre's is on the east side of the harbour next to the wharf.

Henry Carrie was born in Gurnsey and Robson's Guernsey and Jersey Directory for 1839 lists Carey Brothers & Co, merchants at 25 High St. Perhaps this was his family's business.

There is a Thomas Henry Carre, b. 1838, died 5 Jun 1868 (aged 29–30) buried St. John's Anglican Church Cemetery, Arichat, but we do not know if this was a relative of Henry's.

Mail was first delivered in River Bourgeois in 1838 by boat from Canso. There were two Way stations (mail delivery locations) established in 1845.

River Bourgeois, Nova Scotia