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The History of the Post Office

by Herbert Joyce

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  1. 1Errata — Chapter I — Early Posts 1533-1609
  2. 2Chapter II — The Battle of the Patents 1609-1635
  3. 3Chapter III — Thomas Witherings 1635 — 1644
  4. 4Chapter IV — Edmund Prideaux and Clement Oxenbridge 1644 — 1660
  5. 5Chapter V — William Dockwra 1660-1685
  6. 6Chapter VI — Cotton and Frankland — Inland Service 1685-1705
  7. 7Chapter VII — Cotton and Frankland — Packet Service 1686-1713
  8. 8Chapter VIII — American Posts 1692-1707
  9. 9Chapter IX — The Post Office Act of 1711
  10. 10Chapter X — Ralph Allen 1720-1764
  11. 11Chapter XI — Legislation and Litigation 1764-1782
  12. 12Chapter XII — John Palmer 1782-1792
  13. 13Chapter XIII — The Nineties: Or, One Hundred Years Ago
  14. 14Chapter XIV — Francis Freeling 1798-1817
  15. 15Chapter XV — Ireland 1801-1828
  16. 16Chapter XVI — The Beginning of the End 1817-1836
  17. 17Appendix

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