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==Foundations== | ==Foundations== | ||
In the early years of the [[Thirteen Colonies|North American colonies]], many attempts were made to initiate a postal service. These early attempts were of small scale and usually involved a colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony for example, setting up a location in Boston where one could post a letter back home to England. Other attempts focused on a dedicated postal service between two of the larger colonies, such as Massachusetts and Virginia, but the available services remained limited in scope and disjointed for many years. For example, informal independently run postal routes operated in Boston as early as 1639, with a Boston to | In the early years of the [[Thirteen Colonies|North American colonies]], many attempts were made to initiate a postal service. These early attempts were of small scale and usually involved a colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony for example, setting up a location in Boston where one could post a letter back home to England. Other attempts focused on a dedicated postal service between two of the larger colonies, such as Massachusetts and Virginia, but the available services remained limited in scope and disjointed for many years. For example, informal independently run postal routes operated in Boston as early as 1639, with a Boston to New York City service starting in 1672. | ||
A central postal organization came to the colonies in 1691, when [[Thomas Neale]] received a 21-year grant from the British Crown for a North American Postal Service. On February 17, 1691, a grant of ''[[letters patent]]'' from the joint sovereigns, [[William III of England|William III]] and [[Mary II of England|Mary II]], empowered him: | A central postal organization came to the colonies in 1691, when [[Thomas Neale]] received a 21-year grant from the British Crown for a North American Postal Service. On February 17, 1691, a grant of ''[[letters patent]]'' from the joint sovereigns, [[William III of England|William III]] and [[Mary II of England|Mary II]], empowered him: | ||