Collection of papers prepared and read before the Worcester Society of Antiquity . 57 or letter-carriers traveled, having horses posted at regularplaces for their use, and originally instituted for carryingcourt or government messages. In France they werefixed by Louis XI. by ordinance June 19, 1464. Firstestablished in England by an act of Parliament about theyear 1672, although the rate of one penny per mile forthe use of post-horses was fixed as early as 1548, andthirty-three years later, during the reign of Elizabeth, theoffice of chief postmaster of England is mentioned, andunder James I.
Collection of papers prepared and read before the Worcester Society of Antiquity . 57 or letter-carriers traveled, having horses posted at regularplaces for their use, and originally instituted for carryingcourt or government messages. In France they werefixed by Louis XI. by ordinance June 19, 1464. Firstestablished in England by an act of Parliament about theyear 1672, although the rate of one penny per mile forthe use of post-horses was fixed as early as 1548, andthirty-three years later, during the reign of Elizabeth, theoffice of chief postmaster of England is mentioned, andunder James I. the office of postmaster for foreign partswas created. In the early history of our American Colonies letter-writing was a far greater accomplishment than it is atthe present time. Few of the early settlers could write,in fact it was the exception rather than the rule whenone was found who could write, consequently the yeomanryof the country used written communications extremelyseldom. But on November 5, 1639, the Colonial govern-ment, recognizing the need of a responsible pers
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