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6782. POST OFFICE, The Colonial.—[continued].

The act of the 9th [year] of [Queen] Anne for establishing a post office in
America, seems to have had little connection
with British convenience, except that of accommodating
his Majesty's ministers and favorites
with the sale of a lucrative and easy office.—
Rights of British America. Washington ed. i, 130. Ford ed., i, 434.
(1774)