The Early History of the Colonial Post-Office — John Shaqi
The Early History of the Colonial Post-OfficeWoolley, Mary Emma
History
The Early History of the Colonial Post-Office
Woolley, Mary Emma
Postal service -- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
every yeare by the Office imployment or businesse aforesaid and of all
charges thereupon and shall suffer the said Bookes to be inspected from
time to time and coppies thereof or notes out of the same to be taken by
such person or persons as the Com̄issioners of the Treasury or High
Treasurer of England for the time being shall appoint and shall and will
within the Twentieth yeare of the said Terme of twenty one yeares hereby
granted produce the said Bookes themselves or soe many of them as shall
be then made to the Com̄issioners of the Treasury or High Treasurer of
England then being To the end he or they may have certaine knowledge of
the yearly value of the said Office or Offices for the future benefitt
of us our heires and successors And further that such publique orders as
the Governors of the said respective Plantacons Islands or Colonies from
time to time shall issue out for the Im̄ediate service of us our heires
and successors shall be dispatcht and distributed by the said respective
Offices without any charge Provided that noe person or persons
whatsoever shall be capable of exerciseing the said Office or Offices or
any of them or any Deputac̄on relateing thereunto untill he or they doe
first take the oathes appointed by the Act of Parliament made in the
first yeare of our reigne Entituled (An Act for the abrogateing the
Oathes of Supremacy and allegiance and appointing other oathes) Provided
alsoe that if it shall at any time hereafter be made appeare to us our
heires or successors that this our grant is inconvenient to our subjects
in generall or that the powers hereby granted or mentioned to be granted
or mentioned to be granted or any of them is or are abused That then it
shall and may be lawfull to and for us our heires and successors by any
order of or made in our or their Privy Councill to revoake determine and
make void these our Letters Patents and every clause power and thing
therein contained any thing to the contrary thereof in any wise
notwithstanding Provided further that if the said Thomas Neale his
executors administrators or assignes shall not within the space of two
yeares next after the date of these our Letters Patents establish the
Post or Office thereby intended within the Colonys Islands and
Plantations aforesaid according to the true intent and meaning of these
Presents Then this our grant and every power matter and thing therein
contained shall cease and be void any thing to the contrary thereof in
any wise notwithstanding And the said Thomas Neale doth for himselfe his
executors administrators and assignes covenant promise and grant to and
with us our heires and successors that all letters or Pacquetts
collected or received in any of the Plantations Iselands or Colonys
aforesaid to be sent for England shall from time to time be carefully
put up and dispatched away by the first Ship bound for any Port of
England to be delivered by the next Deputy Postmaster in England without
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