The History of the British Post Office

by Joseph Clarence Hemmeon

[62] Ibid., 1625-26, p. 366. A single letter consisted of one sheet of paper, a double letter of two, and a triple letter of three sheets.

[63] Rep. Com., xiv, app., p. 55 (35). Cal. S. P. D., 1635, p. 166. Letters were to be carried to and from important places at some distance from the main roads by post-horses. See Cal. S. P. D., above.

[64] Rep. Com., xiv, p. 5; app., p. 57 (36); Cal. S. P. D., 1635-36, p. 32.

[65] Cal. S. P. D., 1635, p. 299.

[66] Ibid., 1637, p. 527; ibid., 1636-37, p. 524.

[67] Ibid., 1638-39, p. 119.

[68] Ibid., 1637-38, pp. 52, 53, 394.

[69] Cal. S.P.D., 1637-38, p. 238.

[70] Ibid., 1640-41, p. 340. As early as 1639 persons were not allowed to have letters back when once posted. (Ibid., 1639, p. 279.)

[71] Ibid., 1637, p. 255.