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President Taylor appointed Nathan Merrill, who served from June 1, 1849, to 1853. Charles B. Rogers served under Pierce and Buchanan from 1853 to [861. llis salary in 1855 was 82,000, nominally the same paid to the Postmasters at Boston of New York.
William H. De Costa, editor of the Charlestown Advertiser, served from 1861 to June 30, 1869. He introduced free delivery on July 1, 1863. Rufus A. White was the last Postmaster at Charlestown, serving from July 3, 1869, until June 30, 1873, when the Charlestown Post-Office became a Boston Station. Mr. White continued as Superintendent, but was succeeded February 11, 1823, by Charles A. Page, the present in- eumbent.
The Charlestown Station employs four Clerks, seventeen Letter-Car- riers, and has more than a dozen mail arrivals and despatches daily. It illustrates the great liberality with which the Post-Office serves the public, and is altogether a typical office.
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Some of the best facts in this sketch were supplied by Henry H. Edes, Esq., who has made the history of Charlestown his special prov- ince.
CHELSEA.
Chelsea, then comprising Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop, was set off from Boston in 1:39. The Post-Office at Chelsea was established July 6, 1832. In 1846 North Chelsea, comprising Revere and Winthrop, was set off. In 1857 Chelsea became a City. It covers about 1, 440 acres, has about 30,000 inhabitants (August 1, 1892), 5,000 houses, fifty miles of streets, and the highest point rises two hundred and twenty feet above sea level.
The first Postmaster at Chelsea was Horatio Alger (the Official Reg- isters call him Algier), father of the story teller. He served until March 31, 1842. His successor was Abel Bowen. From 1844 to 1850 Benjamin Dodge served. Mrs. Sarah A. Newell was Postmaster from 1850 to 1854; Gideon W. Young from 1854 to 1861; Hadley P. Burrill from 1861 to 1869; Clifton A. Blanchard from 1869 to June 30, 1813. when the independent Post-Office ceased, being changed to a Station of the Boston Post-Office.
Mr. Blanchard continued as Superintendent until his death in 1829. His successor was Mrs. Mary A. Crowell (now Mrs. William G. Wheeler), appointed October 17, 189, who continued until 18st. William H. Cate, Jr., served from 1882 until October, 1889; Ezra O. Winsor from November 1, 1889. The Station at Chelsea is thought a model establishment. It employs four Clerks, eighteen Letter-Carriers, and has daily more than twelve arrivals and despatches of mails.
DORCHESTER.
The Post-Office at Dorchester was established April 3, 1826. Pre- viously the town was supplied from Boston, and from 1823 to 1826 from Roxbury.
The first Postmaster was Jesse Bradshaw, whose salary in 1829 was $98.05. His successor was Robert Vose, Sr., whose salary in 1839 was $218.28. Joseph Marshall and James Thorndike served next. Mar- shall's salary from July 1, 1841, to June 30, 1843, was $383.18, besides a surplus of $851.11 paid to the Department. Robert Vose, Jr., appears to have served from 1844 to 1843. In 1870 his salary was $250. But there were three additional Post-Offices in Dorchester: Harrison Square, Mattapan, and Neponset Village. Soit happened that Dorchester never
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became a Presidential Post-Office. Mr. Vose was a member of the Bos- ton Common Council in 1871, and died June 11, 1891.
Dorchester became a Station July 1, 1813. George H. Rexford was Superintendent from September, 1823, until he was succeeded, on August 1, 1882, by Wendell Jones, the present incumbent.
A Sub-Station was established at Uphams Corner, Dorchester, in 1892.
Harrison Square, Dorchester.
Harrison Square was named after the elder President Harrison. The Post-Office at Harrison Square was established July 10, 1849. Abraham Noyes appears to have been the first Postmaster; Isaac Frekl the second; Jeremiah Sanborn, Jr., the third and last, under Republi- can rule. The Post-Office at Harrison Square ceased on June 30, 1848. For a short time a Station was maintained, but it was soon merged in the Dorchester Station.
Neponset Village, Dorchester.
The Post-Office at Neponset Village was established March 2, 1839. The first Postmaster appears to have been O. P. Bacon, who served until Feb. 18, 1851. The next was Daniel Spear; then Charles Hunt, Jabez Howland, and Amory C. Southworth, who served when the Post- Office at Neponset Village ceased, on June 30, 18:3, to be continued for a short time as a Station called Neponset. Though the largest of the four Dorchester offices, Neponset was merged in the Dorchester Station.
EAST BOSTON.
East Boston includes Breed's Island and all the smaller islands in the harbor, but only East Boston proper, with Breed's Island, are served by the East-Boston Station. The area is about 1, 635 acres, the popu- lation about 31,500.
Though East Boston was never an independent town, it was given an independent Post-Office on May 15, 1850. On May 1, 1860, it was made the first Station under the Boston Post-Office.
The first Postmaster at East Boston was George H. Plummer. In 1853 James B. Allen was appointed. He died, and on March 6, 1854. Samuel C. Allen, his father, succeeded. He died April 2, 1860. This allowance in 185; was $2,066.85, beside a surplus of $2,061.22 paid to the Department. He was a member of the Boston School Committee
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in 1846. His successor and predecessor had both served in the Boston Common Council of 1851 and 1852.
Cyrus Washburn was appointed Superintendent of the East-Boston Station on May 8, 1860. In 1862 he was succeeded by Ebenezer Atkins, who introduced free delivery in 1863. Ebenezer Atkins had served in the Boston Common Council of 1854, and as Alderman of Boston in 1858, 1859 and 1860. In 1866 Rawlins T. Atkins succeeded, and in December of the same year Charles T. Jenkins. He was succeeded on July 1, 1886, by Benjamin J. Sullivan. George E. Harrington suc- ceeded on September 1, 1891.
The office employed in 1892 four Clerks and eighteen Letter Carriers.
EAST CAMBRIDGE.
The Post-Office at East Cambridge, the second of five established in Cambridge, was created on March 12, 1828, when John Quincy Adams was President, and John MeLean Postmaster-General. The first Post- master was Eleazer Hooper. The reign of Jackson made Samuel S. Green Postmaster, who served until April 24. 1841. He was born at Malden, January 12, 1482; he was Assessor at Cambridge 1824-3: and 1843-46, later on a Custom-House officer, and died September 8, 1842. He was succeeded by John W. Donahan, and in 1845, by Rufus Shattuck.
The Fillmore succession, with Nathan K. Ilall as Postmaster-Gen- eral, made Eli C. Kinsley Postmaster, to be replaced, under Pierce and James Campbell, by L. S. Parker. Andrew Fogg followed, with. an allowance of $1,008.05, in 1855. N. K. Noble served under Repub- licans. His salary rose to $1,900; in 1868 he was succeeded by Martha A. Langley, who served until 1822; but the Post-Office at East Cam- bridge ceased on June 30, 4813. Rufus R. Wade, the last Postmaster, continued in charge of the Station: in 1879 Miss EHla M. Stevens suc- ceeded; Isley M. Fogerty in 1883; John A. Collins on November 1, 1887.
JAMAICA PLAIN.
Jamaica Plain used to be in Roxbury, but was a part of West Rox- bury when that town was set off in 1851. West Roxbury was merged in Boston in 1814.
The Post-Office at Jamaica Plain was established January 12, 1829. The first Postmaster was Joshua Seaver, who served also as Postmaster at Roxbury, 1845-49, and was Clerk of the Roxbury Common Council
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for fifteen years. By 1837 Robert Seaver was Postmaster at Jamaica Plain, and served to April 14, 1849. The next Postmaster was Jacob P. George, who was also a member of the Roxbury Common Council in 1850 and 1851. Then Robert Seaver was reappointed. Mrs. Maria A. Robinson followed ; then Silas Poole, who continued also as Super- intendent when Jamaica Plain became a Boston Station, June 1, 1815. The salary in 1810 was $1,000, which made Jamaica Plain a Presidential office.
The Superintendent next after Poole was Nelson Hayward Fuller, succeeded in April, 1882, by John Lewis, who had entered the postal service in 1815, and had been Superintendent of Mails at the Boston office from 1853 to 1816.
Boylston Station.
Boylston Station, near the Jamaica-Plain Post-Office, was an inde- pendent Post-Office from 1811 to May 31, 18;5, with Albert Tower as Postmaster. It appears to have been continued as a Sub-Station, with Edward S. Fernald in charge, to March 31. 1826.
MATTAPAN.
As Neponset, at the mouth of the Neponset river, had a Post-Office, the Upper Falls or Mattapan would not have less. Mattapan is the most southerly village in Dorchester, and retains the Indian name for all Dorchester.
The Post-Office at Mattapan was established August 6, 1856, and the first Postmaster was George L. Fisher. His successor was Elisabeth Fisher. On July 1, 1843, Mattapan became a Station of the Boston office, Charles E. Stevenson being the last of the Mattapan Postmasters.
From July 1, 1843, to August 31, 1890, Jonathan B. L. Bartlett had charge of the Station. September 1. 1890, John Henry Cullen suc- ceeded; Andrew J. Holbrook on March 21, 1892.
NORTHI CAMBRIDGE.
The Post-Office at North Cambridge was established January 6, 1853; it became a Station of the Boston office on July 1, 1823.
D. W. C. Barron was the first Postmaster; then James 11. Davis. James B. Nason served from 1859, or earlier, to June 12, 1868. John A. Goodwin was the last. Arthur L. Jordan took charge of the Station in February, 1814.
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REVERE.
Revere and Winthrop were incorporated in 1846 as North Chelsea. Winthrop was set off in 1852, and North Chelsea changed its name to Revere in 1811. It is named after Paul Revere, the courier of the Rev- olution.
The Post-Office of Revere ( North Chelsea) was established July 2. 1846, the first Postmaster being Joseph II. Fenno, who served a com- munity of about 150 persons. He was succeeded by William Fenno, Hatch Crocker, George Newcomb, and James L. Wiggin, the latter being the last of the independent Postmasters at Revere. June 1, 1815, Revere became a Boston Station, and free delivery was introduced in a Town that covered ( August 1, 1892) about 3, 540 acres, with a population of about 1,250 on July 1, 1825, and 6,000 in 1892.
A. S. Burnham, Clerk-in-Charge, was succeeded on November 1, 1826, by Milo Gillet. His successor was Bulah S. Jacobs. His successor was John 11. Putnam.
Within the Revere delivery is Franklin Park, an independent Post- Office, directly subject to the Postmaster-General.
ROSLINDALE.
Roslindale is a part of West Roxbury, with which it was merged in the City of Boston, January 5, 1824. The Post-Office at Roslindale was established March 15, 1820. The Postmasters appear to have been John F. Worcester, W. B. Blackmore, and Samuel F. Dearborn. The Post-Office ceased May 31, 1815. It was revived as a Station, the Clerks-in-Charge being Samuel F. Dearborn, Albert H. Eayres, Edward Carrol (son-in-law of Arthur W. Austin, the Charlestown Postmaster), and, from November 2, 1891, William H. Jenness.
ROXBURY.
The Post-Office at Roxbury was established August 25, 1823. At that time Roxbury covered more than 10,500 acres and had about 1,500 inhabitants. In 1844 this same territory, with nearly 60,000 inhabitants, had one Postal Station -- Roxbury, and four independent Post-Offices: Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, Roslindale, and Boylston Station. Roxbury became a City in 1846; West Roxbury was set off in 1851 ; and Roxbury was merged in Boston January 6, 1868. The Rox- bitry Post-Office was made a Boston Station September 22, 1868. It is the largest Station in the District as far as population is concerned, and
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the only Station, beside the South End, employing more than fifty Clerks and Carriers. Its area is nearly 2,200 acres; its population nearly 90,000.
The Postmasters at Roxbury were: Charles Fox, 1823-31, with a compensation of $156.45 in 1825.
Ebenezer Fox, 1831-33. He was born in 1963, died in 1813, and his " Revolutionary Adventures " were published in 1848.
Eleazer G. Lemon, 1833-41.
Horace Bacon, 1841-45. Later he served as City Messenger of Rox- bury.
Joshua Seaver, 1845-51. In 1849 his salary was $1.024. He was also the first Postmaster at Jamaica Plain in [829; he was Clerk of the Roxbury Common Council 1846-51 and 1861-63, and Secretary as well as member of the Roxbury School Committee.
Edwin Lemist. 1851-53.
Isaac S. Burrell, 1853-61 and 1866-11.
John Backup, 1861-66. His salary ended October 14, 1866. It had reached $2,600 in 1865, with a surplus revenue of $8, 427.89. Mr. Backup was a member of the Roxbury Common Council in 1865 and 1866. Mr. Burrell was a member of the Common Council in 1852 and 1853, an Alderman of Roxbury in 1861, and has been a member of the Boston Board of Street Commissioners from the beginning, in 1841, be- ing re-elected triennially. His salary as Postmaster at Roxbury was $1,618.68 in 1855; the surplus in the same year was $2,095,16. In 186; the salary was $2,500, the surplus 82,501.62, It was in Post- master Burrell's day that Roxbury became a Boston Station. At that time the office employed two Clerks and six Carriers.
Mr. Burrell continued as Superintendent until 1841. Robert A. Backup served until 1876; Robert W. Williams, 1877-88; John E. Kil- lian since then.
A Sub-Station was established at Roxbury Crossing in 1892.
SOMERVILLE.
Somerville was set off from Charlestown in 1812. The Somerville Post-Office was established May 28, 1844. The population of Somer- ville at that time was about 2,000. In 1821 Somerville became a City. Its present area (August 1, 1892, ) is about 2, 600 acres, with a popula- tion of about 45,000. On June 1, 18:3, Somerville had four independ- ent Post-Offices: Somerville, East Somerville, North Somerville, and
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West Somerville, The two named first became Boston Stations July 1, 1843; North Somerville and West Somerville ccased as independent Post-Offices on May 31, 18:5. At present Somerville is a Station, while East Somerville, West Somerville, and Winter Hill (North Somerville) are Sub-Stations.
The Somerville Postmasters were Stephen B. Sewall, whose salary in 1849 was $96.5%, with a surplus of $134.44; Dane Appleton Marrett, George A. Sanborn, William H. Weston, Nathaniel Avery Daniels, who was also the first Superintendent of the Somerville Station, serving ing until October, 18:4. His successors were: James F. Hunt, 18;4- 45; Ansel Lewis, 1846; Robert W. Williams, May 5, 1876, to August 22, 1855; Charles William Morss, September 1, 1826, to June, 1882; Charles M. Jordan, June, 1882, to May 2, 1886; William II. Flynn, 1886 to August 31, 1891; James E. Whitaker. September 1. 1891, to January 31, 1892; John Quincy Adams, from February 1, 1892.
East Somerville.
The Post-Office at East Somerville was established Angust 1, 1861. The Postmasters were William C. Buzzell, F. G. Ilartshorn, Alonzo B. Evans, and Nathaniel L. Dayton. The salary in 1865 was $1, 200. When East Somerville became a Station, Mr. Dayton remained in charge until the Station was abolished, July 31, 1816. It appears to have been revived from September 4 to December 31, 1856, since when it has been a part of the Somerville Station. A Sub-Station at East Somerville was established July 1, 1890.
North Somerville, or Winter llill.
The Post-Office at North Somerville was established August 1, 1861. Edwin L. Weeks, Samuel Littlefield, and Thomas G. Temple appear to have been the Postmasters. The office ceased May 31, 1815; but a Sub-Station, under the charge of Thomas G. Temple, appears to have existed from June 1, 1815, to July 31, 1816. A Sub-Station named Winter Hill has been in operation at North Somerville since July 1. 1890.
West Somerville.
The Post-Office at West Somerville was established April 21, 1813, and ceased on May 31, 1845. Benjamin Applin and E. A. Kingman appear to have been the Postmasters, the latter acting as Clerk-in-Charge from June 1, 1845, to March 31, 1876, during which time West Somer-
Hromad N. Mark
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ville was a Sub-Station. It was then abolished, but revived as a Sub- Station on July 1, 1889.
SOUTH BOSTON.
There is no record showing when the South-Boston Station was es- tablished. It was probably in the earlier days of Postmaster Palfrey's service, and Mr. George W. Bail is probably the first Superintendent. It appears that this Station was established after East Boston, and pos- sibly before the South End Station. Late in the forties, when South Boston had more than 10,000 inhabitants, Mr. Hunting was the Letter- Carrier and Collector for all South Boston, receiving two cents for every letter. In 1849 Caleb Gill was appointed Letter-Carrier for South Bos- ton, and served until December 31, 1854. In 1855-56 W. S. Jordan served as Letter-Carrier and had a sub- Post-Office, like his predecessors. In 1856 E. B. Spinney succeeded, under a similar arrangement with the Postmaster of Boston, who appears to have exercised the widest dis- cretion in these matters. In or before 1863 George W. Bail was appointed, and free delivery was introduced. This ended the old ar- rangement, The next Superintendent was Thomas Burns, who died November 6, 1826. His successor was William F. Clerke. John II. Giblin was Superintendent under Postmaster Corse, and was succeeded on September 1, 1891, by Henry S. Treadwell.
SOUTH END.
The South End appears to have been established as a Station in 1862. The first Superintendent was Miss Ellen M. Buckingham, who served about a year, when she was succeeded by her sister, Miss Lucy A. Buckingham. The third Superintendent was Mrs. D. C. Hollister ; the fourth William H. Dupree, appointed October 1, 1844. South End (known also as Station "A, ") Roxbury, and Back Bay are easily the largest Stations in the District.
WEST ROXBURY.
The Post-Office at West Roxbury was established February 21, 1831. and Paul Draper appears to have been the first Postmaster. He served until March 13, 1839. On the following day William S. Keith suc- ceeded as Postmaster, and continued in charge when West Roxbury became a Station of the Boston Post-Office, June 1, 1825. Mr. Keith died May 9, 1888, and was succeeded by Michael Edmund Hennessy. On July 1. 1888, Herbert B. Johnson succeeded.
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The salary of the Postmaster at West Roxbury in 1823 was $250; yet free delivery was established on June 1, 1815.
The Town of West Roxbury was set off from the City of Roxbury in 1831. On January 5, 1874, the Town of West Roxbury, with the Post- Offices at West Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Boylston Station, and Roslin- dale, was merged in the City of Boston,
WINTHROP.
Winthrop, set off from North Chelsea ( Revere) in 1852, was named after Deane Winthrop. The Post-Office was established February 2, 1853, and has had but one chief, Warren Belcher having been Postmas- ter up to May 31, 1815, and head of the Station sinee. His allowance in 1855 was $14. 14; the surplus, 85.84; the community served, less than 500. The Census of Isto reports the population of Winthrop at 532. It is now about 3,500 (August 1, 1892), and the area, 980 acres. Win- throp has had free delivery since June 1, 18:5, when it became a part of postal Boston. It had been a part of municipal Boston up to 1239.
APPENDIX.
THE NEALE PATENT, 1691-2.
WILLIAM AND MARY, by the grace of God etc. To all to whome these presents shall come, Greeting. Whereas our Trusty and Welbeloved Servant, Thomas Neale, Esquire, hath lately humbly represented unto us that there never yet hath bin any Post Established, for the conveying of letters Within or between Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Yorke, New England, East and West Jersey, Pensilvania, and Northward as far as our Dominions reach in America, And that the Want thereof hath bin a great hindrance to the Trade of those parts; And he, the said Thomas Neale, haveing humbly desired us to grant to him letters Patents for the settling of such a Post at his owne charge, and Wee being fully satisfied that the same may be of Service to Trade and Correspondence, and Wee Willing to Encourage such an undertakeing: Know yee, therefore, that Wee, of our especiall Grace, certaine know]- edge and meer mocion, and With and under the condicions and agreements herein after mentioned, on the part and behalfe of the said Thomas Neale, his Executors and Assignes to be performed, have given and granted, And by these presents for us, our heires and successors, doe give and Grant unto the said Thomas Neale, his Executors, Administrators and Assignes, full power and Authority to Erect, settle and Establish, and from time to time dureing the Terme herein after mentioned shall and may continue and enjoy Within every or any the Chiefe Ports of the
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severall Iselands, Plantacions or Colomes belonging or to belong unto us, our heires or Successors, in America, an Office or Offices for the receiving and dispatching away of letters and Packquetts, With full Power and Authority and free liberty, leave and lycence to and for him, the said Thomas Neale, his Executors, Adminis- trators and Assignes, and to and for such person or Persons as he or they shall from time to time in this behalfe nominate, to receive at the respective Offices aforesaid of and from any masters of Ships, passengers or others, any letters or Pacquetts What- soever, Which shall be brought into the said Colonyes and Iselands, or any of them, from England or from any other parts Whatsoever, or Which shall be sent from any parts or places of such respective Colony or Iseland to any other parts or places of the same, and to dispatch, send away, carry and deliver the same to the respective persons and places to Whome or Which they shall be directed or sent, Within the said Colonys and Iselands or any of them, and to take or receive to the onely use and behovfe of him, the said Thomas Neale, his Executors, Administrators and Assignes, for the Postage or Conveyance of all such letters and Packquetts as shall be soe dis- patcht, sent away, carried and delivered. such Rates and Sumes of money as shall be proportionable to the Rates for the port or carriage of letters sett downe and ascertained in and by an Act of Parliament made in the Twelfth yeare of the Reigne of our late Royall uncle, King Charles the Second, of Blessed memory-Entituled An Act for setting and establishing a Post Office, or such other rates or sumes of money as the Planters and others will freely agree to give for their letters or Pac- quetts, upon the first settlement of such Office or Offices; And further Wee have Given and Granted, and by these presents for us, our heires and Successors, we give and grant unto the said Thomas Neale, his Executors, Administrators and Assignes, and to such person and persons as he or they shall from time to time Nominate as aforesaid, full power and Authority and free liberty, leave and lycence, at the said Office or Offices so to be settled as aforesaid, to collect and receive such letters or Pacquetts as the Planters or any others Will send or bring to the same, and to dis- patch such of them away for England as shall be directed thither, by the first ship that from time to time shall be bound for any Post Towne of England, to be there delivered to the Deputy or Deputies of our Postmaster or Postmasters Generall for the time being, by him or them appointed or to be appointed for the said Post Towne, To the end such Deputy or Deputys may from time to time send the same away to the Generall Post Office in England to be delivered according to the severall and respective direccions of the same, as by the said Act of Parliament is prescribed, and to dispatch away such of the said letters or Pacquetts as shall be directed or are to be carried from any of the said Islands, Colonys or Plantacions, from time to time, to have, hold, use, exercise and enjoy the said Office and Offices With the Powers, Authorities, Priviledges, leave and lycence herein before mentioned and in- tended to be hereby Granted, and to rate, perceive, and receive the Rates and Sumes aforesaid unto him, the said Thomas Neale, his Executors, Administrators and Assignes, To the onely use and behoofe of him, the said Thomas Neale, his Ex- ceutors, Administrators and Assignes, from the date of these our letters Patents for and dureing the Terme of twenty one yeares from thence next ensueing, and fully to be compleate and endel, without any Account or other matter or thing to be there- fire rendere 1 or paid to us, our heires or Successors, other then the Rent, Covenants and agreements herein after mentioned, Rendring to us, our heires and Successors
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dureing the said Terme the yearly Rent of six shillings and eight pence, to be paid into our Exchequer in England at the ffeast of St Michaell, the Archangell, yearly. And Wee doe hereby for us, our heires and Successors, Authorize and Comand the Postmaster and Postmasters Generall now and for the time being of us, our heires and Successors, from time to time to issue such Deputacions as may better enable the said Thom Thomas Neale, his Executors, Administrators and Assignes, and such Person or Persons as he or they shall from time to time Nominate, to Exercise and Execute the powers and Authorities to him or them hereby given and granted, or mencioned or intended to be given and granted, in and about the premisses, dureing the said Terme of Twenty one yeares, And Wee doe hereby also for us, our heires and Successors, strictly prohibit and forbid all and every person and persons Whatsoever other then the said Thomas Neale, his Executors, Admin- istrators and Assignes, and such person or persons as he or they shall nominate, the aforesaid to sett up, Exercise or Execute the like Office or Offices Within the Iselands, Colonys and Plantations aforesaid, or any of them, at any time or times Within or during the continuance of the said Terme of one and Twenty yeares hereby granted: Provided alwaies that nothing in these psents contained shall ex- tend, or be construed to extend, to Restreyne any merchants, masters or others, from sending any letters or Pacquetts to or from the said Plantations or Colonys, or any of them, by any masters of ships or other vessells, or by any other Person or Persons, Which such merchants, masters or others Will especially imploy or intrust for the carriage of the same, according to their respective direccions; And the said Thomas Neale doth for himselfe, his Executors, Administrators and Assignes, cove- nant, promise and grant to and With us, our heires and successors, by these pres- ents, that he, the said Thomas Neale, his Executors. Administrators or Assignes, or such person or persons as he or they shall nominate as aforesaid, shall and Will from time to time upon his or their Receipt or Receipts of any letters or Pacquetts, Which shall be directed into the said Iselands, Colonyes and Plantations, or any of them, from England or any other parts, or from any parts or places Within the said Isel- ands, Colonyes, or Plantations to any other parts or places Within the same, cause the said letters or Pacqnetts to be forthwith dispersed, carried and delivered in the severall parts of the said Iselands, Colonies and Plantations, as they shall be di- rected ; and from time to time as he, they or any of them shall Collect or receive any letters or Paequetts to be sent from the said Plantations, Iselands or Colonyes, or any of them, for England, shall dispatch and send away the same by the first ship that shall be bound for any Port of England, to be there delivered to the next Dep- uty Postmaster as aforesaid; and Where any letters or Pacquetts shall be directed from any of the said Colonies, Islands or Plantations to some other of them, that he or they shall dispatch and send away the same according to the respective Direccions by the first Conveniency of carriage or conveyance thereof, and that these Services shall be performed With Care and Without any neglect or Delay, at the Rates be- fore mentioned. And the said Thomas Neale doth further, for himselfe, his Execu- tors, Administrators and Assignes, Covenant, promise and Grant to and With us, our heires and Successors, by these presents That he, the said Thomas Neale, his Executors, Administrators or Assignes, shall and Will at his and their own Costs and Charges keep Accounts in Bookes fairely Written of all the Sumes of money and Profitts Whatsoever ariseing in every yeare by the office, Imployment or Businesse
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