TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS
| Acc. & P. | Accounts and Papers. |
| A. P. C. | Acts of the Privy Council. |
| Add. | Additional. |
| Cal. B. P. | Calendar of Border Papers. |
| Cal. S. P. | Calendar of State Papers. A. & W. I., Col., D., For., and Ire., added to Cal. S. P., indicate respectively to the America and West Indies, Colonial, Domestic, Foreign, and Ireland sections of this series. |
| Cal. T. B. | Calendar of Treasury Books. |
| Cal. T. P. | Calendar of Treasury Papers. |
| Cal. T. B. & P. | Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers. |
| D. N. B. | Dictionary National Biography. |
| Fin. Rep., 1797. | Finance Reports 1797-98. |
| Hist. MSS. Com. | Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. |
| Jo. H. C. | Journals of the House of Commons. |
| Jo. H. L. | Journals of the House of Lords. |
| Joyce. | Joyce, H. The History of the Post Office to 1836. |
| L. & P. Hen. VIII. | Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII. |
| Parl. Deb. | Hansard, Parliamentary Debates. |
| Parl. Papers. | Parliamentary Papers. |
| P. & O. P. C. | Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council. |
| Rep. Commrs. | Reports from Commissioners. |
| Rep. Com. | Reports from Committees. |
| Rep. P. G. | Reports of the Postmasters-General. |
| Scobell, Collect. | Scobell, H. A Collection of Acts and Ordinances made in the Parliament held 3 Nov., 1640 to 17 Sept., 1656. |
THE HISTORY OF
THE BRITISH POST OFFICE