Penny Post.- Howell (William, waterman, fl. 1680s) A Bill for ye Right Honble Countess of Plimmoth 1684 [Ursula Widdrington (1647-1717)]... "October 30... pd ye penny post for ye Letter 00 00 01", manuscript bill, 1p., foxed and browned, folio, 1684; and 9 others, documents and letters, including a haberdasher's bill, 1676, and a seamstresses bill for embroidering £40 made out to Sir Christopher Musgrave, 1710, an 18th century French inventory, and others on Wine, Medicine and Scottish Canals, folds, browned, v.s., v.d. (10 pieces). ⁂ First mentioned one of the earliest recorded instances of the London Penny Post when it was under the control of the Crown. Provenance: Collection of J. Eliot Hodgkin (1829-1912), recorded in the Historical Manuscripts Commission report, The Manuscripts of J. Eliot Hodgkin Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1897. Much of the collection was auctioned by Sotheby's in 1914.
Penny Post.- Howell (William, waterman, fl. 1680s) A Bill for ye Right Honble Countess of Plimmoth 1684 [Ursula Widdrington (1647-1717)]... "October 30... pd ye penny post for ye Letter 00 00 01", manuscript bill, 1p., foxed and browned, folio, 1684; and 9 others, documents and letters, including a haberdasher's bill, 1676, and a seamstresses bill for embroidering £40 made out to Sir Christopher Musgrave, 1710, an 18th century French inventory, and others on Wine, Medicine and Scottish Canals, folds, browned, v.s., v.d. (10 pieces). ⁂ First mentioned one of the earliest recorded instances of the London Penny Post when it was under the control of the Crown. Provenance: Collection of J. Eliot Hodgkin (1829-1912), recorded in the Historical Manuscripts Commission report, The Manuscripts of J. Eliot Hodgkin Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1897. Much of the collection was auctioned by Sotheby's in 1914.
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