HERBERT JOYCE, C.B.
CONTENTS
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
INDEX
FOOTNOTES:
Title: The History of the Post Office
From Its Establishment Down to 1836
Author: Herbert Joyce
Language: English
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