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Her Majesty's Mails
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William Lewins
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Little
as
James
the
First
did
towards
establishing
an
inland
post,
though
with
materials
so
ready
to
his
hand,
in
the
posts
of
which
we
have
spoken,
yet
he
deserves
some
credit
for
setting
on
foot
a
general
post
for
letters
to
foreign
countries.
It
would
seem
that
the
abuses
complained
of
by
English
merchants,
with
regard
to
letters
coming
from
abroad,
had
been
lessened
by
the
appointment
of
an
English
Postmaster
for
the
Foreign
Office,
but
not
so
with
letters
sent
abroad:
hence
the
independent
foreign
post
projected
by
the
King.
In
another
of
the
very
numerous
proclamations
of
his
reign,
it
is
stated
that
the
King
had
created
the
office
of
Postmaster-General
for
Foreign
Parts,
"being
out
of
our
dominions,
and
hath
appointed
to
this
office
Matthew
de
Quester
the
elder,
and
Matthew
de
Quester
the
younger."
The
duties
of
this
new
office
are
stated
to
consist
in
the
"sole
taking
up,
sending,
and
conveying
of
all
packets
and
letters
concerning
his
service,
or
business
to
be
despatched
into
forraigne
parts,
with
power
to
grant
moderate
salaries."
These
appointments
interfering
in
some
way
with
his
department,
gave
great
offence
to
Lord
Stanhope,
the
English
"Chief
Postmaster,"
and
mutual
unpleasantness
sprung
up
between
the
officers
of
the
two
establishments.
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