The Early History of the Colonial Post-Office

by Mary Emma Woolley

[15] Colonial Documents of N. Y., Vol. III., pp. 349-350.

[16] Colonial Documents of N. Y., Vol. III., p. 355.

[17] Colonial Documents of N. Y., Vol. III.

[18] Connecticut Records, Vol. III., pp. 392, 393, 398.

[19] Letter Book of Sam. Sewall, Vol. I., p. 25.

[20] The discrepancy in dates leads to the supposition that John Perry served as bearer before his actual appointment.

[21] Colonial Documents of N. Y., Vol. III., p. 682.

[22] Mass. Provincial Records.

[23] Mass. Historical Collections, 3d series, Vol VII., pp. 50-51.

[24] Mass. Historical Collections, 3d series, Vol. VII., p. 51, also Palfrey’s History of New England.