The History of the British Post Office

by Joseph Clarence Hemmeon

[488] Cal. T. P., 1702-07, p. 105.

[489] Ibid., 1702-07, p. 29.

[490] Ibid., 1708-14, p. 45.

[491] Cal. T. B. and P., 1742-45, pp. 705, 707.

[492] Jo. H. C., 1787, pp. 816, 817.

[493] 48 Geo. III, c. 116.

[494] 5 Geo. IV, c. 10.

[495] 6 Geo. IV, c. 44.

[496] 55 Geo. III, c. 153.

[497] Letters were sent to the colonies by private vessels. The method used for sending letters to America was as follows. Masters of vessels bound for America used to hang up a bag in the coffee-houses, in which letters were placed. A fee of one penny was charged for a single letter and 2d. for a double letter or parcel in excess of a single letter (Cal. T. P., 1697-1702, p. 77).