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Her Majesty's Mails
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William Lewins
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Witherings
seems
to
have
made
good
use
of
his
time,
for
in
1635,
or
only
three
years
from
the
date
of
his
appointment,
he
saw
the
great
necessity
which
existed
for
some
improvement
in
the
postal
resources
of
the
country,
and
proposed
to
the
King
to
"settle
a
pacquet
post
between
London
and
all
parts
of
His
Majesty's
Dominions,
for
the
carrying
and
recarrying
of
his
subjects'
letters."
In
this
memorial,
which
justly
entitles
him
to
a
front
rank
in
the
number
of
great
postal
reformers,
Witherings
stated
some
curious
facts
relating
to
the
service
of
those
days.
"Private
letters,"
it
was
said,
"being
now
carried
by
carriers
or
persons
travelling
on
foot,
it
is
sometimes
full
two
months
before
any
answer
can
be
received
from
Scotland
or
Ireland
to
London."
"If
any
of
his
Majesty's
subjects
shall
write
to
Madrid
in
Spain,
he
shall
receive
answer
sooner
and
surer
than
he
shall
out
of
Scotland
or
Ireland."
Witherings
proposed
that
the
existing
posts
should
be
used;
that
the
journey
between
London
and
Edinburgh
should
be
performed
in
three
days,
when--"if
the
post
could
be
punctually
paid--the
news
will
come
sooner
than
thought."
Witherings'
memorial
had
the
desired
effect
on
the
Council,
who
at
once
set
about
making
the
machinery
already
in
use
applicable
for
a
general
post
for
inland
letters.
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