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THE HISTORY OF THE POST OFFICE
HERBERT JOYCE, C.B.
CONTENTS
ERRATA
HISTORY OF THE POST OFFICE
CHAPTER I
EARLY POSTS 1533-1609
CHAPTER II
THE BATTLE OF THE PATENTS 1609-1635
CHAPTER III
THOMAS WITHERINGS 1635—1644
CHAPTER IV
EDMUND PRIDEAUX AND CLEMENT OXENBRIDGE 1644—1660
CHAPTER V
WILLIAM DOCKWRA 1660-1685
CHAPTER VI
COTTON AND FRANKLAND Inland Service 1685-1705
CHAPTER VII
COTTON AND FRANKLAND Packet Service 1686-1713
CHAPTER VIII
AMERICAN POSTS 1692-1707
CHAPTER IX
THE POST OFFICE ACT OF 1711
CHAPTER X
RALPH ALLEN 1720-1764
CHAPTER XI
LEGISLATION AND LITIGATION 1764-1782
CHAPTER XII
JOHN PALMER 1782-1792
CHAPTER XIII
THE NINETIES: OR, ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
CHAPTER XIV
FRANCIS FREELING 1798-1817
CHAPTER XV
IRELAND 1801-1828
CHAPTER XVI
THE BEGINNING OF THE END 1817-1836
APPENDIX
SUCCESSION OF POSTMASTERS-GENERAL from 1660 to 1836
SUCCESSION OF SECRETARIES TO THE POST OFFICE down to 1836.
INDEX
FOOTNOTES:
Transcriber's Notes:
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