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British Postal Museum and Archive: The Royal Mail Archive

Post Office: Private Office Papers: Sir Thomas Frankland


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0813 POST 95 Series

Held at: British Postal Museum and Archive: The Royal Mail Archive

Title: Post Office: Private Office Papers: Sir Thomas Frankland

Date(s): 1694-1697

Level of description: Series

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s):

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CONTEXT

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CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

The papers of Thomas Frankland, Postmaster General with Sir Robert Cotton 1691-1708 and with Sir John Evelyn 1708 -1715. Frankland largely increased the revenues of the Post Office and was retained as Postmaster General by Queen Anne after the death of King William. Volume containing various letters and petitions regarding packet services, including foreign packets and freight of goods. The opening of the volume shows the collection to have been sold in 1893, giving a catalogue description from the sale, then another sale and catalogue description from 1895.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

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Conditions governing access:

Public Record

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Entry checked by Barbara Ball

Rules or conventions:

Compiled in compliance with General Internation Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G) second edition 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Entry checked June 2011


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Letters (documents) | Records and correspondence | Information sources
Packet boats | Boats | Vessels | Vehicles | Transport

Personal names

Corporate names

Places