An ordinance touching the office of postage of letters, inland and foreign.:

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Title
An ordinance touching the office of postage of letters, inland and foreign.:
Author
England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell)
Publication
London :: printed by William du-Gard and Henry Hills, printers to His Highness the Lord Protector,
1654.
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Subject terms
Postal service -- England
Great Britain -- History
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"An ordinance touching the office of postage of letters, inland and foreign.:." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A74557.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.

Pages

VIII.

Item, That the said John Manley shall be and is hereby obliged to take order for, and cause every his under Post-Master or Depu∣ty, at his several Stage, to have in readiness one good Horse or Mare to receive and carry the Male of Letters from time to time, that the same may not be staied at any Stage a∣bove half a quarter of an hour at most: And for the more speedy dispatch thereof, that no other person (besides the Post that carrieth

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the Male) be suffered to ride Post with the Male.

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