Project Gutenberg 2011-03-30 Public domain in the USA. 65 Woolley, Mary Emma 1863 1947 Wooley, Mary E. (Mary Emma) Woolley, Mary E. The Early History of the Colonial Post-Office Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, S.D., The Philatelic Digital Library Project at http://www.tpdlp.net and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Early History of the Colonial Post-Office" by Mary Emma Woolley is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book explores the development of postal services in the American colonies, detailing the evolution of communication methods and the establishment of an organized postal system. Woolley examines how the lack of a formal postal service impacted communication among settlers and the measures taken to address this issue. In this comprehensive examination, Woolley traces the origins of postal services starting from individual bearers and informal arrangements in the early colonial period to the establishment of official post offices. She highlights critical developments, such as the establishment of Richard Fairbanks's house in Boston as the first designated postal point and the legislative measures taken by various colonial governments to encourage a functioning postal system. Further, the text discusses the establishment of the first intercolonial postal system under Thomas Neale's leadership, marking a significant step towards improved communication that would help unify the colonies. By weaving together historical documents and accounts from the period, Woolley effectively illustrates how the postal service became a foundational element of colonial infrastructure. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Postal service -- United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 E151 F001 HE Text Browsing: History - American 121328 121337 2024-09-15T06:54:53.317231 2023-09-15T12:22:17.813998 text/html text/html 118910 2011-03-30T10:37:32 text/html; charset=utf-8 38305 2011-03-30T10:38:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 91322 2024-09-15T06:54:57.624193 application/epub+zip 91333 2024-09-15T06:54:54.688241 application/epub+zip 91336 2024-09-15T06:54:53.845219 application/epub+zip 222765 2024-09-15T06:54:59.699227 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 212008 2024-09-15T06:54:57.047253 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 212146 2022-09-16T10:45:02.187437 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 92889 2024-09-15T06:54:52.940381 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 93270 2011-03-30T10:37:26 text/plain; charset=utf-8 33563 2011-03-30T10:38:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 92711 2011-03-30T10:37:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 33413 2011-03-30T10:38:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 92705 2011-03-30T10:38:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 33382 2011-03-30T10:38:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21734 2024-09-15T06:54:59.831200 application/rdf+xml 14924 2024-09-15T06:54:54.198213 image/jpeg 3479 2024-09-15T06:54:54.023212 image/jpeg 90134 2024-09-15T06:54:53.327249 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia