UNI101Y1 Chapter Notes -Ben Bagdikian, Main Source, The Postal Service
29 May 2013
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The royal mail was reorganised in the 1660s, with letters carried on six main post roads, radiating from london, where secretaries of state could censor the mail. From the 1680s, the london penny post managed up to ten deliveries a day and was a wonder of europe (a letter posted at 8 a. m. could be delivered by 10). At mid-century, ralph allen of bath introduced the cross posts and provincial post offices (no longer did a letter from york to shrewsbury have. 4 to make a costly trip via london), creating a truly national system. 1780s came john palmer"s high-speed mail coaches: toll gates stood open, fresh horses champed at the bit, and the news-hungry rushed to their doors at the thundering approach of the mail. The postal service introduced new deadlines and rhythms into english national life. In 1858, two americans predicted that, because of the telegraph, it.
