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• An Advertisement of the behalf of William Dockwra, mercht., concerning the penny-post ([S.l. : s.n., 1699]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• For information to all people where to deliver their letters by the penny post the following list is an account of the several houses within the city and liberty of Westminster to Temple-Bar without, and some adjacent parts, appointed by the undertakers for receiving letters and pacquets under a pound weight, to be conveyed to all or any part of the said city : as also of London, and all the weekly bills of mortality. ([London : s.n., 1680]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Friarswood Post-Office, by Charlotte M. Yonge (Gutenberg text)
• Friarswood post-office (D. Appleton and Co., 1860), by Charlotte M. Yonge and American Popular Literature Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
• Friarswood post-office. (D. Appleton & Co., 1868), by Charlotte M. Yonge (page images at HathiTrust)

• An advertisement from the General Penny-Post-Office ([S.l. : s.n., 1685]), by England and Wales. Post Office (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• By the King, orders decreed vpon for the furtherance of our seruice, asvvell in vvriting, as riding in poste specially set downe, and commanded to be obserued, where our posts are established within our countie of Kent. (Imprinted at London : By Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill ..., 1621), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) and James 1566-1625 (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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• Letters to restraine carrying packets by shippers, &c. (Imprinted at London : By Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill ..., 1618), by England and Wales, Thomas Lake, and Robert Naunton (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• These are to give notice, that from the 25th of this instant June, the post will pass thrice a week betwixt England and Ireland, and in like manner betwixt Dublin and the several post-stages in the country ([Dublin : s.n., 1683]), by George Warburton (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The practical method of conveyance of letters, returns of answers, replies, &c. the same day within the weekly Bills of Mortality; commonly called, the penny-post: Published for plain direction to all persons, for the better maintaince of mutual correspondence, being the life of trade and business. ([London? : s.n., 1682]), by William Dockwra (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• An ordinance touching the office of postage of letters, inland and foreign.: (London : printed by William du-Gard and Henry Hills, printers to His Highness the Lord Protector, 1654), by England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell) and England and Wales. Council of State (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• By the King whereas heretofore sundry wayes haue bene deuised to redresse the disorders among the postes of our realme ... (Imprinted at London : By Robert Barker ..., 1609), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) and James 1566-1625 (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• By the King, orders for the postes of our realmes and for all men to obserue and obey in the speedy carriage of packets, directed for our affaires. (Imprinted at London : By Robert Barker ..., 1608), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) and James 1566-1625 (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• By the King, orders for the postes of our realmes and for all men to obserue and obey in the speedie cariage of packets, directed for our affaires. (Imprinted at London : By Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill ..., M.DC.XXI [1621]), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) and James 1566-1625 (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• By the King, orders for thorow-posts, and curriers, riding in post in our affaires (Imprinted at London : By Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill ..., 1621), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) and James 1566-1625 (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A full and cleare answer to a false and scandalous paper entituled, The humble remonstrance of the grievances of all His Majesties posts of England, together with carriers, waggoners, &c. ([London : s.n., 1642?]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The Bristol Royal Mail: Post, Telegraph, and Telephone, by Robert Charles Tombs (Gutenberg ebook)
• The King's Post: Being a volume of historical facts relating to the posts, mail coaches, coach roads, and railway mail services of and connected with the ancient city of Bristol from 1580 to the present time, by Robert Charles Tombs (Gutenberg ebook)

• An advertisement from the Penny-Post-Office The names of the places of the six offices, from whence the country [illegible] ([S.l. : s.n., 1700?]), by England and Wales. Post Office (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• An advertisement from their Majesties General Post-Office, London it being notorious, that many ill-minded persons, for some wicked designes against the Government, have dispersed in coffee-houses, and other publick places of meeting, divers most infamous scandals of their Majesties General Post-Office; ... ([London : s.n., 1690?]), by England and Wales. Post Office (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• By the King. A proclamation, for quieting the Post-Master-General in the execution of his office. (London : Printed by John Bill, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1660. At the King's Printing-House in Black-Friers, [1661]), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) and King Charles II of England (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• To all ingenuous people a second intimation from the New Undertakers for conveyance of letters at half the rates to severall parts of England and Scotland. ([London : s.n., 1653]), by Clement Oxenbridge (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• To the Right Honorable, the Councel of State And to the Honorable Committee, by them appointed in the case of the post-masters. The humble petition of the post-masters of the several roads of England. ([London : s.n., 1653]), by England and Wales. Council of State (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• You are to take notice, that no letters ought to be received by you, directed unto any parts beyond the seas, unless the full port for same unto London be paid ... ([London : s.n., 1671]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• All gentlemen merchants, and others, may please to take notice, that if they send their letters by the old post, ... ([London : s.n., 1653]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The case and title of Henry Robinson of London esq unto a deputation and management of both the letter-offices, together with the profits thereunto belonging, deriv'd from the right honourable Charls Lord Stanhop, unto Endymion Porter esq. deceased, and George Porter esq. his son, and from them unto the said Henry Robinson, as it was represented unto the convention sitting at the time of his Majesties happy restoration, which afterwards settled the same upon his Majesty, without any consideration unto the said H. Robinson for the claim and improvement of the said offices from about 3000l per annum to about 30000l per annum, to the undoing the said H. Robinson, his wife and children. ([London : s.n., 1663?]), by Henry Robinson (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Letters from the lords of Her Maiesties most honourable Priuie Counsell for the furnishing and supplying of horses in all townes where the postes are established, for the reliefe of the postes there, and furtherance of Her Maiesties seruice directed to all maiors, shiriffes, iustices of the peace, bailifes, conestables, hedborowes and all other Her Maiesties officers ... (Imprinted at London : By the deputies of Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, Anno. 1596), by England and Wales Privy Council (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Orders set downe and allowed by the Lordes of her Majesties privie counsell, and appoynted to be put in print for the postes betweene London, and the borders of Scotland. At Westminster the fourteenth of Jannary. 1583. (Imprinted at London : By Christopher Barker, printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, [1584]), by England and Wales Privy Council and Eliazbeth (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• By the King. A proclamation for the setling of the letter office of England and Scotland. (Imprinted at London : by Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie: and by the assignes of Iohn Bill, 1635]), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) and King Charles I of England (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• An advertisement on the behalf of William Dockwra, merch. Concerning the penny-post. ([London? : s.n., 1689]), by William Dockwra (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• By the King. A proclamation concerning the sequestration of the office of post-master for forraign parts, and also of the letter-office of England, into the hands of Philip Burlamachi of London, merchant. (Imprinted at London : by Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent Majestie: and by the assignes of John Bill, 1640), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) and King Charles I of England (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• By the King. A proclamation for enforcing the due execution of the Act of Parliament, entituled, An Act for setling the profits of the post-office on his Royal Highness the Duke of York and his heirs males: and for prevention of the inconveniences arising by the infringement of the said Act. (In the Savoy, [i.e. London] : Printed by the assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker, printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, 1669), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) and King Charles II of England (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The case of the first undertakers for reducing of letters to half the former rates, truely stated. ([London : s.n., 1653]), by Clement Oxenbridge, Rich Blackwall, Fra Thomson, and William Malyn (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A penny post: or, a vindication of the liberty and birthright of every English-man in carrying merchants & other men's letters, against any restraint of farmers of such employments. By John Hill. (London : [s.n.], printed in the yeare 1659), by John Hill (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• By the Queene. Whereas heretofore sundry wayes have bene devised to redresse the disorders among the postes of our realme in generall, and particularly to prevent the inconveniences both to our owne service, and the lawfull trade of the honest marchants. (Imprinted at London : By the deputies of Christopher Barker, printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, [1591]), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I) and Elizabeth (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• A brief director for those that would send their letters to any parts of England, Scotlaud, or Ireland. Or A list of all the carriers, waggoners coaches, posts, ships, barks, hoys, and passage-boats, that come to London, from the most parts and places, by land & sea Alphabetically printed, so that none may pretend ignorance, who would gladly send, but know not where to carry their letters. With the dayes when they come, and when they return. And also to send letters to the most habitable parts of the world, and to have an answer. ([London : s.n., 1642?]), by John Taylor (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Orders agreed upon, and set downe by the right honourable Sir William Brooke Knight, L. Cobham, and L. Warden of her Majesties Cinque Ports. ([London : B. Norton and J. Bill, ca. 1618]), by England and Wales Privy Council and Eliazbeth (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The practical method of the penny-post being a sheet very necessary for all persons to have by them ... : With an explaination [sic] of the following stamps for the marking of all letters. (London, : Printed by George Larkin ..., 1681), by William Dockwra (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A brief director for those that would send their letters to any parts of England, Scotlaud, or Ireland. Or A list of all the carriers, waggoners coaches, posts, ships, barks, hoys, and passage-boats, that come to London, from the most parts and places, by land & sea Alphabetically printed, so that none may pretend ignorance, who would gladly send, but know not where to carry their letters. With the dayes when they come, and when they return. And also to send letters to the most habitable parts of the world, and to have an answer. ([London : s.n., 1642?]), by John Taylor (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The penny post of London. (London : Printed by Tho. James ..., 1682) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Orders for thorovv posts, and curriers, riding in our post in our affaires. (Imprinted at London : By Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie., Anno 1603. [i.e. 1604]), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) and King of England James I (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Orders for the posts of our realmes, and for all men to obserue and obey in the speedy carriage of packets, directed for our affaires. ([London : By Robert Barker, 1603 [i.e. 1604]]), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) and King of England James I (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Illustrations of the site and neighbourhood of the new post office, comprehending antiquarian notices of St. Martin's-le-Grand, and its liberty, and the adjoining parishes of St. Anne, St. Agnes, and St. John, Zachary, with an appendix, containing an account of the antient Mourning Bush Tavern, & c. Aldersgate. And various London taverns, its contemporaries. (Smales and Tuck, 1830), by William Herbert (page images at HathiTrust)

• Principal streets and places in London and its environs : as divided into postal districts. (G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswood, 1856), by Great Britain. Post Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• An Advertisement of the behalf of William Dockwra, mercht., concerning the penny-post ([S.l. : s.n., 1699]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Laws, etc. (London : Printed by Henry Hills and John Field ..., 1657), by England and Wales (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• By the King, a proclamation for the better quieting the Post-Master General in the execution of his office and for his future encouragement therein. (London : Printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker ..., 1663), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) and Charles 1630-1685 (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The life and letters of Sir John Henniker Heaton bt (John Lane;, 1916), by Rose Henniker Porter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The history of the post office from its establishment down to 1836 (R. Bentley & son, 1893), by Herbert Joyce (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of the British post office (Cambridge : Harvard University, 1912., 1912), by J. C. Hemmeon (page images at HathiTrust)
• The early history of the post in grant and farm (A. & C. Black, 1894), by James Wilson Hyde (page images at HathiTrust)
• A short history of the Post Office from earliest times / by A.E.F. Ginn. (The Philatelic Magazine, 1925), by A. E. F. Ginn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sir Rowland Hill; the story of a great reform (T. F. Unwin, 1907), by Eleanor C. Hill Smyth (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• On the track of the mail-coach; being a volume of reminiscences personal and otherwise (Richard Bentley & son, 1895), by Frederick Ebenezer Baines (page images at HathiTrust)
• The British post office from its beginnings to the end of 1925 (H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1926), by Chapman Frederick Dendy Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Haste, post, haste! Postmen and post-roads through the ages (Dodd, Mead, 1938), by George Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The post in grant and farm (A. & D. Black, 1894), by James Wilson Hyde (page images at HathiTrust)
• The origin of postage stamps : the facts connected with their introduction into the United Kingdom : The Chalmers craze investigated (2d ed.) (Messrs. Morrison & sons & Mallett, 1888), by Pearson Hill, Rowland Hill, James Chalmers, and Patrick Chalmers (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Post Office of fifty years ago : containing reprint of Sir Rowland Hill's famous pamphlet, dated 22nd February, 1837, proposing penny postage : with facsimile of the original sketch for the postage stamp, and other documents. Talbot Collection of British Pamphlets (Cassell & Company, Limited, 1887), by Pearson Hill and Rowland Hill (page images at HathiTrust)
• The post office and its story, an interesting account of the activities of a great government department (Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd., 1912), by Edward B. Bennett (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The romance of the British post office : its inception and wondrous development. (Partridge, 1897), by Archibald Granger Bowie (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of the early postmarks of the British Isles. From their introduction down to 1840. With special remarks on and reference to the sections of the postal service to which they particularly applied. (L. Upcott Gill;, 1905), by John G. Hendy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Penny postage jubilee and philatelic history. (Sampson Low, 1891), by Phil (page images at HathiTrust)
• Account of the celebration of the jubilee of uniform inland penny postage at the Venetian chamber, Holborn restaurant, at the Guildhall, at the Museum of science and art, South Kensington, and at various towns and villages throughout the United Kingdom : 1840-1890. (Printed for the Jubilee celebration committee, General post-office, 1891), by Great Britain. Post Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the Post-Office Packet Service between the years 1793-1815: Compiled from Records, Chiefly Official, by Arthur H. Norway (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Early History of the Post in Grant and Farm, by James Wilson Hyde (Gutenberg ebook)
• A history of postal agitation from fifty years ago till the present day, by H. G. Swift (Gutenberg ebook)
• The post office and its story : an interesting account of the activities of a great government department, by Edward Bennett (Gutenberg ebook)
• Sir Rowland Hill: The Story of a Great Reform, by Eleanor C. Hill Smyth (Gutenberg ebook)
• The History of the British Post Office, by Joseph Clarence Hemmeon (Gutenberg ebook)
• The History of the Post Office, from Its Establishment Down to 1836, by Herbert Joyce (Gutenberg ebook)
• Whereas there was an act made in the 12th year of this King entituled An act for the creating and establishing a post office wherein the postage of letters for His Majesties dominions is exprest ... ([London : s.n., 1681]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• By the King, orders decreed vpon for the furtherance of our seruice, asvvell in vvriting, as riding in poste specially set downe, and commanded to be obserued, where our posts are established within our countie of Kent. (Imprinted at London : By Bonham Norton and Iohn Bill ..., 1621), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1603-1625 : James I) and James 1566-1625 (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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