Catalogue description Post Office: Private Collections: Sir Thomas Frankland Papers

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Reference: POST 95
Title: Post Office: Private Collections: Sir Thomas Frankland Papers
Description:

The papers of Thomas Frankland, Postmaster General with Sir Robert Cotton 1691 - 1708 and with Sir John Evelyn 1708 -1715. Frankland largely increased the revenues of the Post Office and was retained as Postmaster General by Queen Anne after the death of King William. Volume containing various letters and petitions regarding packet services, including foreign packets and freight of goods. The opening of the volume shows the collection to have been sold in 1893, giving a catalogue description from the sale, then another sale and catalogue description from 1895.

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Date: 1694-1697
Held by: The Postal Museum, not available at The National Archives
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English

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