The King's Post

CHAPTER I.

THE EARLIEST BRISTOL POSTS, 1580.--FOOT AND RUNNING POSTS.--THE FIRST BRISTOL POSTMASTERS: ALLEN AND TEAGUE, 1644-1660.--THE POST HOUSE.--EARLIEST LETTERS, 1662.

The difficulty in Queen Elizabeth's time of communicating with persons at a distance from Bristol before the establishment of a post office is illustrated by the following item from the City Chamberlai...